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Trump rehashes wide-ranging US election claims and releases heavily redacted documents in primetime address – live updates

Jul 17, 2026Center Left

President accused China of ‘sinister election meddling’ and railed against US intelligence in latest effort to paint a picture of degraded US election systemSign up for the Breaking News US emailDonald Trump has just started speaking from the East Room of the White House, in what is expected to be a speech on the 2020 election loss he still refuses to…

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