President Donald Trump is expected to deliver a primetime address Thursday evening focused on information related to the 2020 election, according to sources familiar with the plans.
The address is scheduled for 9 p.m. and is expected to draw on material Trump recently received from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. Sources cautioned that the president’s plans could still change, and the specific allegations he may present were not immediately clear.
Trump has continued to repeat debunked claims that widespread fraud caused his defeat in the 2020 election. Election officials, courts and reviews conducted after the vote found no evidence of fraud on a scale that would have changed the outcome.
Speaking in the Oval Office earlier this week, Trump described the coming remarks as a major announcement and emphasized the importance of free and fair elections. The White House has offered few details about what he will ultimately say.
The president recently appointed political ally Bill Pulte, who has no previous national-security experience, to lead the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. Trump has said he wants Pulte to declassify information and make substantial personnel changes at the agency.
During Trump’s first administration, U.S. intelligence officials documented attempts by Iran, China and Russia to influence the 2020 election. Later assessments concluded that those efforts did not alter the election result.
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Source: ABC News. This report is an original summary of information published by ABC News.