US President Trump says China carried out what is believed to be the largest compromise of election data in history, resulting in Beijing's 'illicit acquisition of 220 million US voter files.'
US President Trump says China carried out what is believed to be the largest compromise of election data in history, resulting in Beijing's "illicit acquisition of 220 million US voter files.
"US President Donald Trump addresses the nation from the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC on July 16, 2026. / Reuters US President Donald Trump has delivered a primetime address featuring major "revelations" about election security, claiming China carried out "largest compromise of US election data in history" by stealing voter files of 220 million Americans in 2020.
Trump on Thursday said he would declassify intelligence on "shocking vulnerabilities" in the system — and escalating years of claims that his 2020 defeat was due to widespread fraud.
"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, resulting in China's illicit acquisition of 220 million US voter files," Trump said in a televised prime-time address from the White House. ABC, NBC and CNN decided not to air the remarks live. CBS said it was " airing a special report" during the address.
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"They and others in the media are part of a plot. Fraud like this should mean a revocation of their licenses. They use our public multi-billion-dollar-in-value airwaves for absolutely no money. They pay nothing," he said, calling out ABC and NBC by name.
Ahead of his address to the nation, Trump had promised "big news" on a topic that he has revived ahead of crucial midterm elections in November in which his Republican Party could lose control of Congress. His last major televised address to the nation was on April 1, when he gave his first full public justification of the Iran war more than a month after the US-Israeli military attacks began.
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