BREAKING NEWS: Trump Releases Documents Identifying China as Bad Actor in 2020 Election

Michigan incident held up as example of voter registration fraud

By Kristine Christlieb, MFEI News & Commentary Editor

July 16, 2026

In a speech many Americans have been waiting six years to hear, President Donald Trump addressed the nation tonight, announcing the release of thousands of declassified documents related to the 2020 election. Alleged fraud in Michigan was singled out as one of five areas of election concern.

Trump opened his speech detailing his administration's accomplishments but quickly turned to an area in need of reform, saying, "We have a major challenge that must be urgently addressed because no country can be great without fair and honest elections. You have to trust your country, because If there can be no trust, there can be no greatness."

Trump said the documents address five areas of concern:

1. China's acquisition and exploitation of American voter data

2. Members of the Deep State suppressing election vulnerabilities

3. Vulnerabilities in electronic voting and ballot-counting systems

4. Non-citizens on state voter rolls

5. Alleged fraud in Michigan

According to Trump, the intelligence documents reveal a shocking level of vulnerability in the American system of elections. "This evidence shows that the election system we have dangerously exposes and really exposes at a level never thought possible the hacking, exploitation, and foreign interference. Just as disturbingly this vital information has been covered up and hidden from you the American people,"

The declassified material was compiled by a White House Government Transparency Task Force led by John Solomon, editor-in-chief of Just the News, who is serving as a special government employee overseeing the review. Solomon temporarily stepped back from his role at Just the News to take the unpaid position.

The groundwork for tonight's disclosures traces back to an internal review former Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard launched before her resignation in June. Gabbard's team, through her now-disbanded Director's Initiative Group, identified evidence — including whistleblower claims that a CIA officer was asked to alter assessments of Chinese election meddling, and that Trump and Congress were kept in the dark about concerns involving China and Venezuela — and referred the material to the intelligence community's inspector general, Christopher Fox, for further review. Just the News, Solomon's outlet, was the first to report on Gabbard's findings on May 8, before Solomon joined the administration in his current role.

China — Concern #1

Trump claims, "During the 2020 election cycle the People's Republic of China carried out what is believed to be the largest compromise of election data in history, resulting in China's illicit acquisition of 220 million U.S. voter files

Deep State Suppression — Concern #2

The documents also purport to show rogue bureaucrats actively downplaying evidence of Chinese interference, keeping it from President Trump and others in the administration. An official within the FBI bragged "she was running a 'shadow government' to keep intelligence about China's election meddling from becoming known and to keep it away from the honorable press."

Vulnerable Voting Systems — Concern #3

Trump said Americans "were lied to about our voting systems." He quoted from reports assessing our voting system to be "vulnerable and easily compromised."

Evidence of Fraud . . . the Michigan Example -- Concern #4

President Trump specifically called out the questionable voter registration drive in the fall of 2020 in Muskegon. He said it was an example of "pay, play and cheat." Trump said what happened in Muskegon showed that even when fraud was detected it was covered up.

Non-Citizens Voting — Concern #5

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has identified 278,000 non-citizens registered to vote. Trump says DHS will begin working with states to have those registrations investigated and if appropriate, removed from the voter rolls.

Trump closed with a strong plea for the SAVE America Act, reminding the audience that it will require voters to show a photo ID, new registrants will have to prove their citizenship, and mail-in ballots will be limited to the disabled, infirm or for people away from their residence.

Within minutes of the conclusion of President Trump's speech, Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, and Attorney General Dana Nessel all issued statements dismissing President Trump's concerns.