Trump’s Election Conspiracy Files Include Something He Doesn’t Want You To See

US President Donald Trump used his primetime address to the nation on Thursday to continue his favorite pastime of sowing doubt in the results of the 2020 presidential election – which he lost to Joe Biden.

During the speech, Trump announced that he had declassified documents and had them posted on the White House website. He claimed they show that China interfered in the election in 2020, and the “deep state” had it out for him. However, the heavily redacted document dump revealed intelligence that suggested something Trump probably didn’t want out in the open.

“As the 2020 election approaches, the IC has detected Chinese state-sponsored cyber actors targeting the former Vice President’s presidential campaign, probably to gather intelligence that could enable future operations,” the file entitled CIA Wire Memo Summer 2020 stated.

By “former Vice President’s presidential campaign,” the document meant Biden’s 2020 presidential run.

Another document included in Thursday’s batch claimed that Russia had also attempted to hurt Biden’s campaign.

“We assess that Russia is using a range of measures primarily to denigrate former Vice President Biden and what it sees as an anti-Russia establishment. For example, it is directing or encouraging proxies to spread claims about Vice President Biden. Some Kremlin-linked actors are also seeking to boost President Trump’s candidacy on social media,” stated the document entitled NICA (National Intelligence Council Assessment) Foreign Threats To 2020 US Election.

That same file said China “prefers that President Trump be defeated.”

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