President Donald Trump plans to use part of a primetime speech to discuss new findings about the security of American elections, among other topics. The speech is set to take place on Thursday and will focus on the importance of free and fair elections.
Election Integrity
Trump has long been concerned about the integrity of American elections, and has repeatedly questioned the results of the 2020 election. He has also been critical of Congress for not passing his elections overhaul bill, which has stalled in the Senate.
The president’s focus on election integrity is not new, and he has instructed his administration to use the vast resources of US spy agencies to investigate potential election irregularities. This has included declassifying a memo that criticized spy agencies’ analytic work in concluding that Russia influenced the 2016 presidential election.
Trump’s pick for a permanent director of national intelligence, Jay Clayton, has also echoed some of the president’s concerns about election integrity. Clayton has stated that the American people are right to question the integrity of the electoral process.
Original reporting: KTVZ (Central Oregon) — read the source article.
