President Trump delivered a televised speech to highlight his claims of foreign interference and potential rigging in U.S. elections.

President Trump delivered a 26-minute televised speech from the White House on Thursday night to warn that foreign powers have damaged the integrity of U.S. elections. The administration announced the release of a batch of previously classified intelligence reports to support his claims that national polls are vulnerable to being "rigged and stolen." While President Trump maintains that he won the 2020 election against Joe Biden, many of the facts in the new documents were already public knowledge during his first term. Despite the president's insistence on the "bombshell" nature of the data, many Republican lawmakers have shown little interest in making the 2020 results a central theme of their upcoming midterm campaigns. For example, Michael Whatley focused on public safety and the economy during a recent campaign event rather than the president's election claims. While President Trump celebrated the large audience for his address, some conservative allies, including Steve Bannon and Laura Loomer, expressed skepticism regarding the novelty of the information provided.

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