For months, President Trump had been hinting that his administration was preparing to release information about America’s elections that the public had never seen before.
Last night, he did exactly that.
In a nationally televised address from the White House, President Trump announced the immediate declassification of intelligence that he said had been hidden from both him and the American people for years.
According to the president, the documents paint a very disturbing picture.
They describe serious vulnerabilities inside America’s election infrastructure, detail extensive Chinese election-related activity, and allege that key intelligence about those threats was deliberately kept out of presidential briefings.
Whether people agree with President Trump’s conclusions or not, this was one of the most consequential speeches of his entire presidency.