CSPAN2 — POTUS President Trump Addresses the Nation
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[00:00:01] AND CONCERT OF THE MARINE CORPS AT 5 P.M. EASTERN, AND THEN AT
[00:00:04] 7:30 P.M. EASTERN AS PART OF OUR IN PURSUIT SERIES ON
[00:00:08] PRESIDENTIAL LEADERSHIP, JOURNALISTS AND HISTORIANS REFLECT ON THE LEGACIES OF
[00:00:12] PRESIDENT WARREN HARDING, FIRST LADY FLORENCE HARDING, PRESIDENT
[00:00:15] WOODROW WILSON, AND FIRST LADY EDITH WILSON, EXPLORING THE
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[00:00:32] >> FIVE. >> IN A DIVIDED MEDIA WORLD, ONE PLACE BRINGS AMERICANS TOGETHER,
[00:00:36] ACCORDING TO A NEW MAG AND RESEARCH REPORT, NEARLY 90
[00:00:38] MILLION AMERICANS TURN TO
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[00:00:43] PERFECTLY BALANCED, 28%
[00:00:45] CONSERVATIVE, 27% LIBERAL OR
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[00:00:50] REPUBLICANS WATCHING DEMOCRATS, DEMOCRATS WATCHING REPUBLICANS,
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[00:00:59] NO COMMENTARY, NO AGENDA, JUST
[00:01:03] DEMOCRACY. UNFILTERED. EVERY DAY
[00:01:05] ON THE C-SPAN NETWORKS NEXT,
[00:01:08] PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ADDRESS TO THE NATION, WHERE HE OUTLINED
[00:01:12] HIS VIEWS ON ELECTION SECURITY AND TOUTED ECONOMIC GROWTH AHEAD
[00:01:15] OF THE 2026 MIDTERM ELECTIONS. THIS IS PART OF OUR MARATHON
[00:01:18] PRESENTATION OF KEY MOMENTS FROM
[00:01:20] THE YEAR THUS FAR.
[00:01:28] >> EVENING. BEFORE WE BEGIN, I'M PROUD TO REPORT THAT OUR
[00:01:31] COUNTRY IS SAFER, STRONGER, AND
[00:01:34] FAR WEALTHIER THAN IT HAS EVER
[00:01:36] BEEN BEFORE. WE ARE DOING GREAT.
[00:01:40] LESS THAN TWO YEARS AGO, WE INHERITED AN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL
[00:01:43] DISASTER. AFTER THE WORST
[00:01:46] INFLATION IN 48 YEARS. THE WIDE
[00:01:50] OPEN BORDERS WITH MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF PEOPLE POURING IN FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD,
[00:01:53] INCLUDING CRIMINALS OF ALL
[00:01:55] TYPES, AND 11,888 MURDERERS,
[00:02:00] >> MANY OF WHOM KILLED MORE THAN
[00:02:02] ONE PERSON. WE HAD TRANSGENDER
[00:02:07] FOR EVERYBODY, MEN AND WOMEN,
[00:02:09] SPORTS, CRIME RAVAGING OUR CITIES, AND THE WHOLE WORLD WAS
[00:02:13] LAUGHING AT US. AS A NATION. BUT
[00:02:17] NOT ANYMORE. TWO YEARS AGO, OUR
[00:02:19] COUNTRY WAS DEAD. NOW WE ARE THE
[00:02:23] HOTTEST COUNTRY ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. AMERICA IS RESPECTED LIKE
[00:02:27] WE HAVE NEVER BEEN RESPECTED
[00:02:31] BEFORE. WE HAVE MORE MONEY BEING INVESTED IN THE UNITED STATES
[00:02:34] THAN AT ANY TIME IN THE HISTORY
[00:02:36] OF OUR COUNTRY. MORE AMERICANS
[00:02:40] ARE WORKING TODAY THAN EVER
[00:02:42] BEFORE. THIS WEEK, IT WAS ANNOUNCED
[00:02:45] >> THAT INFLATION SAW THE
[00:02:48] LARGEST MONTHLY DECLINE IN MORE THAN SIX YEARS. JUST HAPPENED,
[00:02:51] WAS JUST GIVEN OUT. THE MEDIA
[00:02:55] REPORTED IT, AND WE ACCEPT IT. THE BEST IN SIX YEARS. THE TAX
[00:02:59] CUTS IN OUR GREAT BIG, BEAUTIFUL
[00:03:02] BILL ARE SAVING HARDWORKING FAMILIES. THOUSANDS AND
[00:03:05] THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. LIKE WITH
[00:03:09] THE PROVISIONS, NO TAX ON TIPS,
[00:03:12] NO TAX ON OVERTIME, AND NO TAX ON SOCIAL SECURITY FOR OUR GREAT
[00:03:16] SENIORS. ALONG WITH THE INTEREST DEDUCTION ON A LOAN USED TO
[00:03:20] PURCHASE A CAR, BUT ONLY IF THAT
[00:03:22] CAR IS MADE IN AMERICA. AND A
[00:03:27] 100% EXPENSING FOR OUR JOB
[00:03:30] CREATING BUSINESSES. OUR STOCK
[00:03:32] MARKETS ARE AT THEIR HIGHEST
[00:03:35] POINT IN MANY YEARS, BUT WE CAN
[00:03:38] ACTUALLY SAY OF ALL TIME. AND
[00:03:40] YOUR 401(K). S PENSIONS AND
[00:03:43] RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS ARE SETTING RECORDS EVERY SINGLE DAY, THE
[00:03:46] HIGHEST IN HISTORY. FOR YEARS,
[00:03:50] WE PAID THE HIGHEST PRICE FOR PRESCRIPTION DRUGS ANYWHERE IN
[00:03:52] THE WORLD. NOW WE PAY THE LOWEST
[00:03:56] PRICE UNDER MY MOST FAVORED NATIONS POLICY, BECAUSE I WAS
[00:04:00] ABLE TO GET THE REST OF THE
[00:04:02] WORLD AND THE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES TO ACT RESPONSIBLY.
[00:04:06] DRUG PRICES ARE COMING DOWN BY
[00:04:10] 70, 80, AND 90%. TRUMPRX.GOV.
[00:04:16] THIS WILL ULTIMATELY REDUCE THE COST OF HEALTH CARE. YOU HAVE TO
[00:04:19] GO TO TRUMPRX.GOV AND TAKE
[00:04:23] ADVANTAGE OF IT. BUT THE COST OF HEALTH CARE IS COMING WAY DOWN
[00:04:26] BECAUSE OF WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH
[00:04:29] PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. AND WITH TRUMP ACCOUNTS. EVERY CHILD IN
[00:04:32] AMERICA NOW HAS ACCESS TO A TAX
[00:04:34] FREE INVESTMENT ACCOUNT TO SAVE
[00:04:37] FOR THEIR FUTURE. BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ARE BEING
[00:04:41] INVESTED, PUT IN BY COMPANIES AND INDIVIDUALS, TO TAKE CARE OF
[00:04:45] OUR CHILDREN, SO THAT AT AGE 18,
[00:04:49] THEY WILL HAVE POTENTIALLY HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS
[00:04:51] IN THEIR ACCOUNT, AND THEY'LL
[00:04:53] GET OFF TO A GREAT START IN
[00:04:55] LIFE. SO FOR THAT, GO TO TRUMP
[00:04:59] ACCOUNTS.GOV AND SIGN UP YOUR CHILD OR ANY CHILD YOU'D LIKE TO
[00:05:03] SIGN UP. OUR PREVIOUSLY WIDE
[00:05:07] OPEN BORDERS HAVE BEEN TRANSFORMED INTO THE MOST SECURE
[00:05:09] BORDERS IN THE HISTORY OF OUR
[00:05:13] COUNTRY, WITH ZERO ILLEGAL ALIENS BEING ADMITTED TO THE
[00:05:17] UNITED STATES IN THE PAST 14 MONTHS. THAT IS ZERO. NOBODY
[00:05:20] THOUGHT IT WAS POSSIBLE. WE HAD
[00:05:22] THE WORST BORDER IN THE HISTORY
[00:05:25] OF OUR COUNTRY, AND NOW WE HAVE
[00:05:27] THE BEST. CRIME IS PLUMMETING
[00:05:29] NATIONWIDE, WITH THE MURDER RATE
[00:05:31] AT ITS LOWEST LEVEL SINCE 1900,
[00:05:37] OR MORE THAN 125 YEARS AGO. WE'RE MAKING A RECORD INVESTMENT
[00:05:40] IN OUR ARMED FORCES, AND WE HAVE THE STRONGEST AND MOST POWERFUL
[00:05:44] MILITARY BY FAR, ANYWHERE IN THE
[00:05:47] WORLD. I BUILT IT DURING MY
[00:05:49] FIRST TERM, AND UNFORTUNATELY,
[00:05:52] WE'RE FORCED TO USE IT NOW. WE WON IN VENEZUELA, WHICH IS NOW
[00:05:56] WORKING WITH US TO PRODUCE MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF BARRELS
[00:06:00] OF OIL. WE ARE LIKEWISE WINNING
[00:06:02] BIG IN IRAN. AND YOU WILL SEE
[00:06:05] THE FRUITS OF THAT LABOR VERY,
[00:06:07] VERY SHORTLY. AMERICA IS BACK
[00:06:10] AND DOING REALLY WELL, BUT WE
[00:06:13] STILL HAVE A MAJOR CHALLENGE
[00:06:15] THAT MUST BE URGENTLY ADDRESSED,
[00:06:18] BECAUSE NO COUNTRY CAN BE GREAT
[00:06:20] WITHOUT FAIR AND HONEST ELECTIONS. YOU HAVE TO TRUST
[00:06:24] YOUR COUNTRY, BECAUSE IF THERE
[00:06:25] CAN BE NO TRUST, THERE CAN BE NO
[00:06:28] GREATNESS. AND THAT'S VERY
[00:06:31] SIMPLE. NO TRUST, NO GREATNESS.
[00:06:33] FOR MANY YEARS, I'VE CALLED FOR
[00:06:36] BOLD, SWIFT, AND DECISIVE ACTION
[00:06:39] TO PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF AMERICA'S ELECTIONS. EVERY
[00:06:43] AMERICAN DESERVES TO KNOW THAT WHEN THEY CAST THEIR VOTE, THAT
[00:06:46] VOTE WILL BE COUNTED ACCURATELY IN A SYSTEM, AND THAT IS TO MAKE
[00:06:50] THAT SYSTEM SECURE, ONE WHERE
[00:06:54] CHEATING AND INTERFERENCE ARE
[00:06:57] NOT JUST DIFFICULT, BUT VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE.
[00:07:00] UNFORTUNATELY, THE SYSTEM WE HAVE TODAY FALLS
[00:07:04] CATASTROPHICALLY SHORT OF THAT
[00:07:06] STANDARD. TONIGHT, I'M ANNOUNCING THE IMMEDIATE
[00:07:09] DECLASSIFICATION AND RELEASE OF
[00:07:12] CRITICAL INTELLIGENCE, REVEALING SHOCKING VULNERABILITIES IN OUR
[00:07:16] ELECTION INFRASTRUCTURE. THIS EVIDENCE SHOWS THAT THE ELECTION
[00:07:20] SYSTEM WE HAVE DANGEROUSLY
[00:07:24] EXPOSES AND REALLY EXPOSES LIKE
[00:07:28] LEVELS NEVER THOUGHT POSSIBLE TO
[00:07:30] HACKING, EXPLOITATION, AND
[00:07:34] FOREIGN INTERFERENCE. JUST AS DISTURBINGLY, THIS VITAL INFORMATION HAS FOR MANY YEARS
[00:07:38] BEEN COVERED UP AND HIDDEN FROM
[00:07:40] YOU. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE
[00:07:42] BEAUTIFUL. OUR GREAT AMERICAN
[00:07:45] PEOPLE. BUT THAT ALL CHANGES RIGHT NOW. THE DOCUMENTS WE WILL
[00:07:49] RELEASE STARTING TONIGHT HAVE BEEN GATHERED BY THE WHITE HOUSE
[00:07:53] GOVERNMENT. TRANSPARENCY TASK
[00:07:55] FORCE, A GREAT GROUP OF PEOPLE,
[00:07:58] ALONG WITH THE STAFF OF THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE
[00:08:02] ADVISORY BOARD OUR TOP
[00:08:06] INTELLIGENCE AGENCY CHIEFS, WHO HAVE ALL PERSONALLY REVIEWED THE
[00:08:09] FINDINGS. WE ARE PRESENTING THIS
[00:08:13] EVENING AND FULLY CONFIRMED
[00:08:14] THEIR AUTHENTICITY. YOU CAN SEE
[00:08:18] THESE DOCUMENTS FOR YOURSELF AT
[00:08:22] WHITEHOUSE.GOV. THAT'S WHITEHOUSE.GOV. GO CHECK IT OUT.
[00:08:26] OUR PURPOSE IN DISCLOSING THIS INFORMATION IS NOT TO WEAKEN
[00:08:30] CONFIDENCE IN ELECTIONS, BUT TO
[00:08:32] EARN THAT CONFIDENCE BY CONFRONTING VULNERABILITIES AND
[00:08:36] CORRECTING THEM VERY, VERY QUICKLY. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE
[00:08:38] DOING. THE DOCUMENTS COVER FIVE
[00:08:41] MAJOR AREAS OF CONCERN. FIRST,
[00:08:44] THEY SHOW THAT OVER A PERIOD OF
[00:08:47] YEARS, STARTING DURING THE 2020
[00:08:50] ELECTION CYCLE, THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA CARRIED OUT
[00:08:53] WHAT IS BELIEVED TO BE THE LARGEST COMPROMISE OF ELECTION
[00:08:56] DATA IN HISTORY, RESULTING IN
[00:08:59] CHINA'S ILLICIT ACQUISITION OF
[00:09:04] 220 MILLION U.S. VOTER FILES.
[00:09:07] THAT INFORMATION INCLUDES NAMES, ADDRESSES, PHONE NUMBERS,
[00:09:10] POLITICAL PARTY PREFERENCES, AND
[00:09:12] OTHER SENSITIVE DATA THAT WOULD
[00:09:14] BE NEEDED TO REGISTER TO VOTE
[00:09:19] AND ENGAGE IN OTHER NEFARIOUS ACTIVITIES, WHICH IS EXACTLY
[00:09:22] WHAT WAS HAPPENING. THIS DATA
[00:09:25] LOSS PRESENTS AN UNPRECEDENTED
[00:09:27] ELECTION SECURITY NIGHTMARE. THE
[00:09:30] INTELLIGENCE EVEN SHOWS THAT
[00:09:32] CHINA SIGNED A DATA EXPLOITATION
[00:09:35] UNIT SPECIFICALLY TO THIS NEW PROJECT, COMPOUNDING THE
[00:09:39] TRAVESTY. THE SECOND SET OF
[00:09:40] DOCUMENTS WE ARE RELEASING
[00:09:43] REVEALS THAT MEMBERS OF THE DEEP
[00:09:45] STATE, VERY, VERY FAMOUS GROUP
[00:09:47] OF PEOPLE, IN MANY CASES IN OUR INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, WORKED TO
[00:09:51] ACTIVELY SUPPRESS AND DOWNPLAY
[00:09:54] INFORMATION ABOUT THE EXTENT OF CHINA'S SINISTER ELECTION
[00:09:58] MEDDLING, COVERING IT UP FROM BOTH THE PRESIDENT AND THE
[00:10:01] AMERICAN PEOPLE, LIKE NOBODY
[00:10:04] THOUGHT WAS POSSIBLE. U.S. SPY
[00:10:08] AGENCIES BEGAN LEARNING ABOUT THE COMPROMISE OF VOTER
[00:10:11] REGISTRATION FILES IN 2020, WHEN THEY DISCOVERED THAT TENS OF
[00:10:14] MILLIONS OF VOTER DATA. THINK OF
[00:10:16] THAT. TENS OF MILLIONS OF
[00:10:19] VOTERS. DATA IN 18 STATES HAVE
[00:10:23] BEEN BOUGHT, STOLEN, OR HACKED
[00:10:27] BY CHINA. THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR
[00:10:28] SOUNDING THE ALARM INSTEAD KEPT
[00:10:32] THE INFORMATION SECRET DID NOT
[00:10:35] DISCLOSE TO ME AS PRESIDENT OR
[00:10:39] TO ANYONE ELSE, AND TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE, THEY DID NOT
[00:10:41] INFORM CONGRESS. IN FACT, ALL
[00:10:43] THEY KEPT SAYING IS THIS IS THE
[00:10:47] MOST SECURE ELECTION IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY, A
[00:10:50] STANDARD, VERY PAT LINE THAT WAS
[00:10:52] DIVVIED OUT TO, SAY, THE COVER
[00:10:56] UP OF THIS COLOSSAL SECURITY BREACH IS EVEN MORE DISTURBING
[00:10:58] IN LIGHT OF THE ADDITIONAL
[00:11:01] INFORMATION SHOWING THAT CHINA
[00:11:03] ENGAGED IN OTHER ELECTION
[00:11:06] RELATED ACTIVITIES TO UNDERMINE
[00:11:08] MY FIRST ADMINISTRATION AND OUR 2020 CAMPAIGN. THEY DID NOT
[00:11:12] WANT. AND THEY JUST DIDN'T WANT IT. THEY FOUGHT LIKE HELL NOT TO
[00:11:15] HAVE IT. DONALD TRUMP TO WIN,
[00:11:19] AND FOR GOOD REASON. AS THE
[00:11:21] DOCUMENTS WE ARE RELEASING SHOW
[00:11:25] CIA REPORTING EXPLICITLY STATED,
[00:11:27] AND I QUOTE, IN MID 2018, THE
[00:11:32] CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY'S POLICY
[00:11:32] WAS TO LEVERAGE ALL DOMESTIC AND
[00:11:36] FOREIGN ELEMENTS THAT WERE OPPOSED TO THE U.S. PRESIDENT IN AN EFFORT TO REDUCE THE U.S.
[00:11:40] PRESIDENT'S VOTES AND MAKE HIM
[00:11:42] RESIGN OR PREVENT HIS
[00:11:44] REELECTION. ISN'T THAT NICE?
[00:11:47] ALSO, IN MID 2018, CHINA WAS
[00:11:51] WORKING TO INFLUENCE THE RESULTS OF THE U.S. MIDTERM ELECTIONS
[00:11:54] AND LATER, THE RESULTS OF THE
[00:11:57] 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
[00:11:59] ITSELF. SEPARATELY, IN MID 2019,
[00:12:01] THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT STRATEGY
[00:12:04] AGAINST THE UNITED STATES WAS FOCUSED ON UNDERMINING DOMESTIC
[00:12:07] CONFIDENCE IN THE U.S. PRESIDENT. THEY WANTED TO JUST
[00:12:11] MAKE YOU SOUND LIKE YOUR PRESIDENT WASN'T SO HOT WHEN
[00:12:15] ACTUALLY, YOUR PRESIDENT HAS
[00:12:16] DONE A GREAT JOB, AND THEY DID
[00:12:19] EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO DO
[00:12:21] EXACTLY THAT GOING ON. THIS DOCUMENT SAYS, AND THIS IS BY
[00:12:25] THE CIA, THE STRATEGY INCLUDED
[00:12:28] EFFORTS TO USE CHINESE CONTACTS
[00:12:30] WITH BIG U.S. COMPANIES TO INFLUENCE U.S. BUSINESS LEADERS
[00:12:34] TO TURN AGAINST THE PRESIDENT OF
[00:12:37] THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
[00:12:39] THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT SOUGHT TO
[00:12:42] IDENTIFY U.S. JOURNALISTS WHO HAD REPORTED NEGATIVELY ON THE
[00:12:46] U.S. PRESIDENT AND PAY THEM LARGE SUMS OF MONEY TO WRITE
[00:12:49] MORE NEGATIVE ARTICLES ABOUT
[00:12:51] HIM. AS MANY AS THEY COULD. AND
[00:12:55] THEY DIDN'T CARE WHAT THEY SAID. THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT
[00:12:59] WANTED U.S. PRESIDENT TO LOSE THE NEXT ELECTION, AND THE
[00:13:01] REASON THEY WANTED ME TO LOSE IS
[00:13:05] BECAUSE THEY KNEW I WAS WISE TO
[00:13:07] THEM, CHARGE THEM BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF
[00:13:11] TARIFFS, AND BUILT THE STRONGEST
[00:13:13] MILITARY ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. WE HAVE THE STRONGEST MILITARY
[00:13:16] ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. THESE ARE
[00:13:19] EXACT QUOTES FROM THE CIA
[00:13:22] REPORTING THE NAME OF THE PERSON
[00:13:27] DOING THE QUOTE IS NOW UNDER REVIEW, BUT IT GETS EVEN WORSE.
[00:13:30] RAW INTELLIGENCE OBTAINED BY THE
[00:13:34] FBI IN 2020, YET BURIED BY ROGUE
[00:13:36] BUREAUCRATS, STATED THAT
[00:13:38] CHINA'S ACTIVITIES EVEN INCLUDED AN ATTEMPT TO
[00:13:41] MANUFACTURE ILLEGAL BALLOTS FOR
[00:13:44] JOE BIDEN. DOCUMENTS SHOW THAT
[00:13:46] DURING THIS PERIOD, DOZENS OF
[00:13:49] SIGNIFICANT NSA REPORTS ABOUT
[00:13:52] CHINA'S ELECTION TARGETING WERE
[00:13:55] KEPT OUT OF THE PRESIDENTIAL
[00:13:58] BRIEFING. THESE WERE BRIEFINGS I WOULD GET ALMOST EVERY DAY.
[00:14:01] EVERYTHING WAS KEPT OUT. THAT WAS OF IMPORTANCE. ONE EMAIL
[00:14:05] AMONG INTELLIGENCE ANALYSTS
[00:14:07] ADMITTED THAT THEY HAD, QUOTE,
[00:14:10] DELIBERATELY MASSAGED THE
[00:14:12] PRESIDENTIAL DAILY BRIEFING TO WITHHOLD INFORMATION REGARDING
[00:14:16] CHINESE ACTIVITIES RELATED TO
[00:14:17] THE ELECTION. ANOTHER OFFICIAL
[00:14:21] INSIDE THE FBI WROTE THAT SHE WAS RUNNING, QUOTE, A SHADOW
[00:14:24] GOVERNMENT, UNQUOTE, TO KEEP
[00:14:27] INTELLIGENCE ABOUT CHINA'S
[00:14:29] ELECTION MEDDLING FROM BECOMING KNOWN AND TO KEEP IT AWAY FROM
[00:14:32] THE HONORABLE PRESS. OTHER OFFICIALS WHO WITNESSED SUCH
[00:14:36] EFFORTS PERCEIVED THE
[00:14:38] MOTIVATIONS TO BE BLATANTLY
[00:14:41] POLITICAL. RECENTLY, WE FOUND
[00:14:43] SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS OF BURN BAGS, INFORMATION, AND THIS IS A
[00:14:47] GROUP OF BAGS THAT WERE USED TO
[00:14:52] DESTROY INFORMATION GIVEN BY
[00:14:55] PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA TO BE BURNED. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO
[00:14:59] BE BURNED. THESE BAGS WERE
[00:15:02] SUPPOSED TO BE AT A DIFFERENT
[00:15:05] LEVEL BY DIFFERENT PEOPLE, INCINERATED AND CHECKED. BUT IT
[00:15:09] NEVER HAPPENED. MAYBE WE GOT
[00:15:12] LUCKY. WE BELIEVE THIS WAS NOT
[00:15:14] DONE ON PURPOSE, BUT RATHER THROUGH GROSS INCOMPETENCE OF
[00:15:18] THE PEOPLE THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO BURN THE BAGS. BUT THE FINDINGS
[00:15:22] ARE STUNNING. TODAY, I'M ASKING
[00:15:24] THE OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE, THE
[00:15:27] DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, THE FBI,
[00:15:30] AND THE CIA TO INVESTIGATE HOW
[00:15:32] AND WHY SUCH CRUCIAL INFORMATION WAS HIDDEN TO FIRE THOSE
[00:15:35] INVOLVED IN THE COVERUP, AND TO FILE CRIMINAL CHARGES, IF
[00:15:38] APPROPRIATE, AGAINST THESE
[00:15:41] PEOPLE. YET, CONCEALING CHINA'S
[00:15:44] MEDDLING WAS ONLY THE BEGINNING. THE THIRD SET OF DOCUMENTS WE
[00:15:47] ARE RELEASING PROVES THAT FOR
[00:15:49] MANY YEARS, AMERICANS WERE
[00:15:53] BLATANTLY LIED TO ABOUT THE SECURITY OF OUR ELECTION
[00:15:55] INFRASTRUCTURE, INCLUDING
[00:15:58] ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINES AND BALLOT COUNTING SYSTEMS,
[00:16:02] DISHONEST. ALMOST ALL THEIR
[00:16:05] VULNERABLE, AND THEY'RE EASILY
[00:16:08] COMPROMISED. AND PEOPLE WITHIN OUR GOVERNMENT KNEW THAT.
[00:16:11] TONIGHT, WE'RE PUBLISHING A
[00:16:13] SERIES OF PREVIOUSLY CLASSIFIED
[00:16:15] U.S. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY
[00:16:18] ASSESSMENTS AND OTHER REPORTS PROVING THAT OUR GOVERNMENT HAS
[00:16:21] LONG KNOWN THESE MACHINES ARE
[00:16:24] EXTREMELY EXPOSED TO ATTACK. AS
[00:16:26] ONE ASSESSMENT STATES, WE JUDGE
[00:16:29] THAT THE UNITED STATES ADVERSARIES, INCLUDING, AT A
[00:16:32] MINIMUM CHINA, IRAN, NORTH
[00:16:36] KOREA, AS WELL AS NON-STATE
[00:16:37] GROUPS, HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO
[00:16:40] COMPROMISE U.S. ELECTION INFRASTRUCTURE. THAT'S UNQUOTE.
[00:16:44] BUT THAT'S SOME STATEMENT, ISN'T IT, MADE BY SUPPOSEDLY
[00:16:48] GREAT PATRIOTS OF OUR COUNTRY.
[00:16:51] THE DOCUMENT GOES ON TO FURTHER
[00:16:53] STATE THAT, QUOTE. WE ASSESS
[00:16:56] THAT CENTRALIZED, ELECTION
[00:16:59] RELATED DATA REPOSITORIES, SUCH
[00:17:02] AS VOTER REGISTRATION DATABASES,
[00:17:03] POLL BOOKS, AND OTHER OFFICIAL ELECTION WEBSITES, ARE MOST
[00:17:07] VULNERABLE TO EXPLOITATION, AND
[00:17:10] ADVERSARIES COULD USE THIS
[00:17:12] ACCESS TO THESE SYSTEMS TO
[00:17:14] DISRUPT ELECTION PROCESSES
[00:17:16] WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. TONIGHT, WE'RE
[00:17:20] RELEASING ALL OF THOSE FINDINGS AND SPANNING FROM JANUARY 2020
[00:17:24] TO JUNE 2026. THIS IS A CYBER
[00:17:28] THREAT AIMED AT THE VERY HEART OF OUR DEMOCRACY. MANY PEOPLE
[00:17:32] HAVE QUESTIONED WHETHER IT COULD
[00:17:34] ACTUALLY BE POSSIBLE TO
[00:17:37] ELECTRONICALLY MANIPULATE VOTE
[00:17:39] TOTALS OR CHANGE ELECTION RESULTS ON THESE TERRIBLE
[00:17:42] MACHINES. TODAY, WE ARE RELEASING DOCUMENTS THAT SHOW
[00:17:46] THE CIA OBTAINED REPORTING OF A
[00:17:48] SPECIFIC PLOT TO DO A BIG NUMBER
[00:17:53] IN FAVOR OF THE CORRUPT MADURO
[00:17:57] REGIME IN VENEZUELA. AND THAT'S
[00:18:00] EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED.
[00:18:02] CONSPIRING TO DIGITALLY RIG THEIR OWN COUNTRY'S ELECTIONS IN
[00:18:05] 2020. AND THAT'S WHAT THEY DID. THIS REPORTING INCLUDED PRECISE
[00:18:09] DETAILS ABOUT METHODS TO REGIME
[00:18:14] DEVELOP, TO DIGITALLY ALTER VOTE
[00:18:16] TOTALS IN WAYS THAT COULD NOT BE DETECTED, EVEN WITH AN AUDIT, NO
[00:18:20] MATTER HOW DEEP THEY WENT. THIS
[00:18:25] INTELLIGENCE UNDERSCORES WHY WE MUST TAKE URGENT ACTION TO
[00:18:27] ENSURE THAT OUR OWN SYSTEM CAN
[00:18:30] NEVER, EVER BE HACKED OR COMPROMISED LIKE IT WAS IN THE
[00:18:34] PAST. THE FOURTH SET OF DOCUMENTS REVEALS THAT EVEN WHEN
[00:18:37] SIGNIFICANT EVIDENCE OF FRAUD
[00:18:39] HAS BEEN DETECTED, IT HAS BEEN
[00:18:43] BURIED AND COVERED UP. AMONG THE
[00:18:45] DISCLOSURES TONIGHT ARE FBI
[00:18:48] FILES DETAILING EVIDENCE OF ALLEGED FRAUD BY A LARGE SCALE
[00:18:52] VOTER REGISTRATION OPERATION IN
[00:18:55] MICHIGAN. IN 2020, MICHIGAN
[00:18:58] STATE POLICE RAIDED A DEMOCRAT
[00:19:00] GET OUT THE VOTE ORGANIZATION,
[00:19:02] CORRUPT GROUP IN MUSKEGON. AND
[00:19:05] WE'RE SO CONCERNED BY WHAT THEY FOUND. THEY WERE JUST SO
[00:19:08] CONCERNED. THEY COULDN'T BELIEVE
[00:19:10] IT, ACTUALLY, THAT THEY
[00:19:13] CONTACTED THE FBI IN DETROIT.
[00:19:15] THE DOCUMENTS STATE THAT SOME CANVASSERS ADMITTED TO FBI
[00:19:18] AGENTS THAT THEY SIGNED VOTER REGISTRATION FORMS AND OTHER
[00:19:22] PEOPLE'S NAMES, SUBMITTED FRAUDULENT REGISTRATION FOR
[00:19:25] PEOPLE WHO DID NOT EXIST, AND
[00:19:28] RECEIVED GIFT CARDS TIED TO
[00:19:30] THEIR NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS THAT THEY PRODUCED. IN OTHER
[00:19:34] WORDS, IT WAS PAY TO PLAY AND
[00:19:39] CHEAT. THE FBI AGENTS WORKING ON
[00:19:41] THE CASE BELIEVE THAT CRIMES WERE COMMITTED. YET THE BIDEN
[00:19:45] DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SLOW WALKED THE INVESTIGATION AND
[00:19:49] KILLED IT. TONIGHT, I'M ASKING
[00:19:52] THE FBI DIRECTOR TO ENSURE THAT
[00:19:54] THE MATTER IS FULLY INVESTIGATED AND TO WORK WITH THE DEPARTMENT
[00:19:58] OF JUSTICE TO PROSECUTE THOSE
[00:20:00] RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY CRIMES. FINALLY, TO REVEAL JUST HOW
[00:20:04] VULNERABLE OUR ELECTIONS CONTINUE TO BE, WE ARE RELEASING
[00:20:07] THE RESULTS OF A STUNNING INVESTIGATION BY THE DEPARTMENT
[00:20:11] OF HOMELAND SECURITY. ACCORDING
[00:20:15] TO THE DHS REVIEW, STATE VOTER
[00:20:17] ROLLS AND PUBLIC RECORDS, THEY
[00:20:20] IDENTIFIED APPROXIMATELY 278,000
[00:20:23] NON-CITIZENS WHO ARE REGISTERED
[00:20:25] TO VOTE IN FEDERAL ELECTIONS.
[00:20:28] SINCE DEMOCRAT STATES REFUSED TO SHARE THEIR VOTER FILES, THE
[00:20:32] REAL NUMBER IS ACTUALLY MUCH
[00:20:33] HIGHER THAN THAT. YET EVEN THIS
[00:20:38] LIMITED ANALYSIS FOUND MORE THAN A QUARTER OF A MILLION
[00:20:42] FOREIGNERS ILLEGALLY REGISTERED TO VOTE. PUT TOGETHER, THESE
[00:20:46] DISCLOSURES REVEAL AN ELECTION
[00:20:47] SYSTEM SO BROKEN AND SO
[00:20:50] VULNERABLE THAT NO ONE CAN POSSIBLY DEFEND IT. IT IS NOT
[00:20:54] DEFENSIBLE. HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS
[00:20:56] OF U.S. VOTER FILES ARE IN THE
[00:20:59] HANDS OF FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS.
[00:21:01] OUR MACHINES AND BALLOT COUNTING
[00:21:03] SYSTEMS ARE EXPOSED TO HACKING
[00:21:06] AND MANIPULATION CORRUPTION.
[00:21:08] CHINA AND OTHER COUNTRIES HAVE BEEN TRYING TO MEDDLE IN OUR
[00:21:11] ELECTIONS. EVIDENCE OF FRAUD HAS
[00:21:14] BEEN BURIED. HUNDREDS OF
[00:21:17] THOUSANDS OF NON-CITIZENS AND DEAD PEOPLE ARE LISTED AND
[00:21:21] ACTIVE ON THE VOTER ROLLS. AND YET, WE STILL HAVE ELECTIONS
[00:21:25] WITH NO VOTER ID, NO PROOF OF
[00:21:28] CITIZENSHIP, AND TENS OF MILLIONS OF BALLOTS FLOATING
[00:21:31] AIMLESSLY THROUGH THE MAIL. AS
[00:21:34] ONE EXAMPLE OF THE INSANITY, CALIFORNIA'S RECENT ELECTION FOR
[00:21:37] MAYOR OF LA AND GOVERNOR WAS
[00:21:40] HELD ON JUNE 2nd. A LONG TIME
[00:21:42] AGO, BUT IT WAS JUST COMPLETED A
[00:21:46] FEW DAYS AGO, ON JULY 10th.
[00:21:48] THINK OF THAT MUCH MORE THAN ONE MONTH. TOOK A MONTH TO COUNT THE
[00:21:52] VOTES. I WONDER WHAT THEY WERE
[00:21:53] DOING. THIS IS WORSE THAN ANY
[00:21:57] THIRD WORLD COUNTRY. THERE'S NO THIRD WORLD COUNTRY THAT HAS
[00:22:00] ELECTIONS LIKE WE HAVE. IN A
[00:22:02] RARE MOVE, NBC AND ABC FAKE NEWS
[00:22:06] HAVE BOTH SAID THAT THEY WOULD NOT COVER THIS SPEECH. THEY KNEW
[00:22:09] WHAT IT WAS ABOUT BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THEY DON'T LIKE THE
[00:22:13] TOPIC, BECAUSE THEY KNOW HOW CORRUPT OUR SYSTEM IS, AND THEY
[00:22:16] DON'T WANT TO REVEAL IT. THEY AND OTHERS IN THE MEDIA ARE PART
[00:22:20] OF A PLOT. THEY WANT TO CONTINUE
[00:22:22] THIS FRAUD FOR WHATEVER REASON. THEY WANT TO KEEP IT GOING. THEY
[00:22:25] WANT TO PROTECT THE RADICAL
[00:22:27] LEFT. THEY CAN'T HAVE A GREAT COUNTRY. AND THAT'S TRUE. YOU
[00:22:31] CAN'T HAVE A GREAT COUNTRY
[00:22:33] WITHOUT FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS.
[00:22:36] FRAUD LIKE THIS SHOULD MEAN A REVOCATION OF THEIR LICENSES.
[00:22:40] THEY USE OUR PUBLIC MULTIBILLION
[00:22:43] DOLLAR IN VALUE AIRWAYS FOR
[00:22:45] ABSOLUTELY NO MONEY. THEY PAY NOTHING. ALL WE WANT IS HONESTY
[00:22:49] IN OUR ELECTIONS AND HONESTY IN
[00:22:52] REPORTING. THEY PAY NOTHING FOR
[00:22:56] PULTE BILLION DOLLAR ASSETS. GREAT DAMAGE HAS BEEN DONE TO
[00:23:00] OUR COUNTRY. OUR ELECTIONS WERE
[00:23:03] LEFT VULNERABLE TO BEING RIGGED AND STOLEN, AND THE TRUST OF THE
[00:23:06] AMERICAN PEOPLE WAS LOST. THIS
[00:23:10] CANNOT BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE. EVERY AMERICAN, WHETHER YOU'RE
[00:23:13] A REPUBLICAN, DEMOCRAT, INDEPENDENT OR OTHERWISE, SHOULD
[00:23:17] BE ABLE TO AGREE THAT WE DESERVE THE MOST SECURE, HONEST, AND
[00:23:20] FAIR ELECTION SYSTEM ANYWHERE IN
[00:23:23] THE WORLD. SECURE ELECTIONS
[00:23:26] SHOULD BE A PARTISAN. REALLY
[00:23:28] SHOULD JUST. WE SHOULD BE TOGETHER. DEMOCRATS,
[00:23:32] REPUBLICANS, INDEPENDENTS, EVERYBODY. AND IT SHOULD NOT BE
[00:23:35] A PARTIZAN ISSUE. IT SHOULD
[00:23:37] CAUSE TO UNITE US, NOT TO DIVIDE US. THIS SHOULD BE A CAUSE. WE
[00:23:41] SHOULD BE UNITED, NOT DIVIDED.
[00:23:44] IN LIGHT OF THE BRAND NEW AND
[00:23:47] IRREFUTABLE INFORMATION I HAVE REVEALED. TONIGHT, MY
[00:23:51] ADMINISTRATION IS IN THE PROCESS
[00:23:54] OF NOTIFYING THE STATES WHOSE
[00:23:56] ELECTION DATA WAS COMPROMISED BY THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
[00:24:00] AND MANY OTHERS. WE WILL BE WORKING CLOSELY TO MITIGATE ANY
[00:24:04] HARM, AND WE'RE TAKING SWIFT
[00:24:06] ACTION TO ENSURE THAT SENSITIVE
[00:24:09] VOTER DATA IS BETTER PROTECTED SO WE CAN NEVER BE BOUGHT. WE
[00:24:12] CAN NEVER BE HACKED, AND WE CAN
[00:24:16] NEVER WATCH A STOLEN ELECTION
[00:24:18] AGAIN TOMORROW, THE SECRETARY OF
[00:24:23] HOMELAND SECURITY WILL HOLD A BRIEFING TO OUTLINE HIS
[00:24:25] DEPARTMENT'S RECENT WORK, CONFIRMING CYBER VULNERABILITIES
[00:24:29] IN OUR ELECTRONIC VOTING
[00:24:31] SYSTEMS. THEY ARE BAD. WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF INFORMING
[00:24:35] GOVERNORS, SENATORS, AND MEMBERS OF CONGRESS OF POTENTIAL ISSUES
[00:24:39] IN THEIR STATES. IF YOU LOOK AT
[00:24:43] VOTING TODAY, IT'S IN SUCH BAD SHAPE. IN SO MANY STATES, AND WE
[00:24:46] ARE COMMITTING TO FIX IT. AND
[00:24:50] WE'RE ALSO COMMITTING TO BE WORKING WITH THOSE STATES AND
[00:24:53] LOCAL JURISDICTIONS TO HELP THEM
[00:24:55] FIX AND PATCH KNOWN TECHNICAL
[00:24:58] VULNERABILITIES BEFORE THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS. WE HAVE VERY
[00:25:02] IMPORTANT ELECTIONS COMING UP.
[00:25:03] WE WANT THOSE ELECTIONS TO BE
[00:25:08] HONEST. I'VE ALSO ORDERED DHS TO NOTIFY EVERY STATE ABOUT NONCITIZENS ON THEIR VOTER ROLLS
[00:25:11] AND DIRECT THEM TO REMOVE ALL
[00:25:14] INELIGIBLE VOTERS FROM THE LISTS IMMEDIATELY. BUT MOST
[00:25:17] IMPORTANTLY, ADDRESSING THIS
[00:25:20] CRISIS OF ELECTION SECURITY
[00:25:22] DEMANDS THAT CONGRESS MUST PASS
[00:25:25] THE SAVE AMERICA ACT. HOW EASY
[00:25:30] IS THAT TO DO? UNLESS YOU WANT
[00:25:33] TO CHEAT, THE ONLY REASON CHEAT,
[00:25:37] BECAUSE YOUR POLICIES ARE SO
[00:25:39] BAD, AND YOUR CANDIDATES ARE SO
[00:25:42] PATHETIC THAT YOU CAN'T GET AWAY OR CAN'T GET ELECTED ANY OTHER
[00:25:45] WAY. THIS LANDMARK BILL REQUIRES
[00:25:48] THAT ALL VOTERS MUST SHOW PHOTO
[00:25:51] VOTER ID. HOW SIMPLE IS THAT?
[00:25:54] COULD I HAVE YOUR PHOTO, PLEASE?
[00:25:57] PHOTO VOTER ID. ALL VOTERS MUST
[00:26:01] PROVIDE PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP.
[00:26:04] OUR COUNTRY? PLEASE. AND HOPEFULLY, THERE WILL BE NO
[00:26:08] CORRUPT MAIL IN BALLOTS, WHICH, IF YOU WATCHED CALIFORNIA AND SO
[00:26:11] MANY OTHER PLACES, MAIL IN
[00:26:13] BALLOTS ARE INHERENTLY CORRUPT.
[00:26:17] SO YOU WOULD HAVE NO MAIL IN
[00:26:19] BALLOTS EXCEPT FOR ILLNESS
[00:26:24] DISABILITY, MILITARY DEPLOYMENT, OR TRAVEL. IF YOU'RE GOING AWAY
[00:26:28] ON BUSINESS OR VACATION. THESE
[00:26:31] REFORMS ARE URGENTLY NEEDED TO STOP THE VULNERABILITIES THAT
[00:26:35] I'VE MENTIONED TO ALL AMERICANS. I ASK YOU TO PICK UP
[00:26:39] YOUR PHONE TOMORROW, CALL YOUR
[00:26:40] REPRESENTATIVES, AND THE HOUSE
[00:26:43] AND SENATE, AND DEMAND THAT THEY PASS THE SAFE AMERICA ACT
[00:26:47] WITHOUT DELAY. TOGETHER, WE WILL
[00:26:51] RESTORE FAITH AND CONFIDENCE IN OUR COUNTRY, AND WE WILL BE
[00:26:55] BIGGER, BETTER, AND STRONGER
[00:26:57] THAN EVER BEFORE. THANK YOU. GOD
[00:27:00] BLESS YOU. GOD BLESS OUR GREAT
[00:27:02] MILITARY, AND GOD BLESS AMERICA.
[00:27:04] THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[00:27:12] >> HERE'S A LOOK AT SOME OF OUR LIVE COVERAGE COMING UP FRIDAY
[00:27:15] ON THE C-SPAN NETWORKS, ON C-SPAN AT 10 A.M. EASTERN. KEVIN
[00:27:18] WARSH GIVES HIS FIRST KEYNOTE AS FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIR AT THE
[00:27:21] ANNUAL JACKSON HOLE ECONOMIC POLICY SYMPOSIUM IN WYOMING.
[00:27:25] NEXT, AT 10:30 A.M., THE NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK, LED BY
[00:27:29] THE REVEREND AL SHARPTON, HOLDS
[00:27:32] THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON, 2026 DEFEND THE VOTE TOMORROW,
[00:27:35] MARKING THE 63rd ANNIVERSARY OF THE HISTORIC 1960 3rd MARCH. THE
[00:27:39] EVENT BRINGS ACTIVISTS TO WASHINGTON TO RALLY AROUND
[00:27:41] VOTING RIGHTS AND PROTECTING ACCESS TO THE BALLOT. THAT
[00:27:44] EVENING, COVERAGE OF AMERICA'S
[00:27:48] 250th ANNIVERSARY CONTINUES AT 8:45 P.M. EASTERN, WITH A WEEKLY
[00:27:51] U.S. MARINE CORPS PARADE FEATURING A LIVE BAND, COLOR
[00:27:53] GUARD PERFORMANCE, AND THE
[00:27:55] MARINE CORPS DOG MASCOT. ON
[00:27:58] C-SPAN 2, WE CONTINUE OUR WEEK LONG RADIO SHOW SIMULCAST WITH
[00:28:01] THOM HARTMANN AT NOON EASTERN AND THE HOWIE CARR SHOW AT 3
[00:28:04] P.M., AND THEN ON C-SPAN 3 AT 11
[00:28:07] A.M. EASTERN. PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL AWARD THE ARTEMIS II CREW,
[00:28:10] THE CONGRESSIONAL SPACE MEDAL OF HONOR, AFTER THEIR HISTORIC
[00:28:12] JOURNEY. MORE THAN 250,000 MILES
[00:28:15] FROM EARTH. YOU CAN ALSO WATCH LIVE COVERAGE OF THESE EVENTS ON C-SPAN. NOW, OUR FREE MOBILE
[00:28:19] APP, OR ONLINE AT C-SPAN .ORG.
[00:28:28] OUTGOING WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS' ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT WEIJIA JIANG ADDRESSED
[00:28:30] REPORTERS AND OFFICIALS AT THE RESCHEDULED CORRESPONDENTS'
[00:28:34] DINNER. THE FIRST DINNER WAS CUT SHORT AFTER GUNFIRE AND THE
[00:28:37] EVACUATION OF PRESIDENT TRUMP
[00:28:39] AND CABINET OFFICIALS
[00:28:43] >> CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO ALL OF OUR HONOREES TONIGHT. I AM
[00:28:46] CONFIDENT THAT ONE DAY, OUR SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS COULD BE THE
[00:28:49] ONES TAKING HOME AWARDS. AFTER
[00:28:52] ALL, NOT THAT LONG AGO, WE WERE,
[00:28:56] YOU YOUNG PEOPLE, PASSIONATE AB