US President Donald Trump used a primetime address to the nation on Thursday to double down on claims of voter fraud and interference, assertions he has previously used to deny his loss in the 2020 election.
His renewed allegations contradict previous audits and reviews, including an assessment made by Trump's then-attorney general William Barr, that could not find any evidence of voter fraud in the 2020 election.
“America is back and doing really well, but we still have a major challenge that must be urgently addressed, because no country can be great without fair and honest elections,” Trump said during the address.
Trump also said he would release classified documents that showed that China had illicitly acquired 220 million US voter files, which he said includes names, addresses, phone numbers, political party preferences and other data used to register to vote.
"Over a period of years, starting during the 2020 election cycle, the People's Republic of China carried out what is believed to be the largest compromise of election data in history," Trump said, adding that the declassification of intelligence data would reveal "shocking vulnerabilities" in the country's "election infrastructure".
