President Donald Trump is expected to use his primetime address Thursday to press what he will frame as new information on foreign efforts to influence US elections – the latest in what election observers have warned is a campaign to sow mistrust and try to undercut his 2020 loss.
The substance of Trump’s speech has been closely held, and advisers have intensely debated what should be included, according to people familiar with the plans.
Alongside Trump’s speech, the White House has been weighing whether to release a cache of documents related to, among other topics, China and its role in US elections, the people said.
Some of the materials derive from intelligence gathered during Trump’s first term, which he and other officials will allege was suppressed, the people said.
Trump is also expected to discuss purported vulnerabilities in election infrastructure, including voting machines.
