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00:00:01AND CONCERT OF THE MARINE CORPS AT 5 P.M. EASTERN, AND THEN AT
00:00:047:30 P.M. EASTERN AS PART OF OUR IN PURSUIT SERIES ON
00:00:08PRESIDENTIAL LEADERSHIP, JOURNALISTS AND HISTORIANS REFLECT ON THE LEGACIES OF
00:00:12PRESIDENT WARREN HARDING, FIRST LADY FLORENCE HARDING, PRESIDENT
00:00:15WOODROW WILSON, AND FIRST LADY EDITH WILSON, EXPLORING THE
00:00:19AMERICAN STORY. WATCH AMERICAN
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00:00:28ONLINE ANYTIME AT C-SPAN.ORG
00:00:32>> FIVE. >> IN A DIVIDED MEDIA WORLD, ONE PLACE BRINGS AMERICANS TOGETHER,
00:00:36ACCORDING TO A NEW MAG AND RESEARCH REPORT, NEARLY 90
00:00:38MILLION AMERICANS TURN TO
00:00:40C-SPAN, AND THEIR ALMOST
00:00:43PERFECTLY BALANCED, 28%
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00:00:50REPUBLICANS WATCHING DEMOCRATS, DEMOCRATS WATCHING REPUBLICANS,
00:00:53MODERATES WATCHING ALL SIDES.
00:00:55BECAUSE C-SPAN VIEWERS WANT THE FACTS STRAIGHT FROM THE SOURCE.
00:00:59NO COMMENTARY, NO AGENDA, JUST
00:01:03DEMOCRACY. UNFILTERED. EVERY DAY
00:01:05ON THE C-SPAN NETWORKS NEXT,
00:01:08PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ADDRESS TO THE NATION, WHERE HE OUTLINED
00:01:12HIS VIEWS ON ELECTION SECURITY AND TOUTED ECONOMIC GROWTH AHEAD
00:01:15OF THE 2026 MIDTERM ELECTIONS. THIS IS PART OF OUR MARATHON
00:01:18PRESENTATION OF KEY MOMENTS FROM
00:01:20THE YEAR THUS FAR.
00:01:28>> EVENING. BEFORE WE BEGIN, I'M PROUD TO REPORT THAT OUR
00:01:31COUNTRY IS SAFER, STRONGER, AND
00:01:34FAR WEALTHIER THAN IT HAS EVER
00:01:36BEEN BEFORE. WE ARE DOING GREAT.
00:01:40LESS THAN TWO YEARS AGO, WE INHERITED AN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL
00:01:43DISASTER. AFTER THE WORST
00:01:46INFLATION IN 48 YEARS. THE WIDE
00:01:50OPEN BORDERS WITH MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF PEOPLE POURING IN FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD,
00:01:53INCLUDING CRIMINALS OF ALL
00:01:55TYPES, AND 11,888 MURDERERS,
00:02:00>> MANY OF WHOM KILLED MORE THAN
00:02:02ONE PERSON. WE HAD TRANSGENDER
00:02:07FOR EVERYBODY, MEN AND WOMEN,
00:02:09SPORTS, CRIME RAVAGING OUR CITIES, AND THE WHOLE WORLD WAS
00:02:13LAUGHING AT US. AS A NATION. BUT
00:02:17NOT ANYMORE. TWO YEARS AGO, OUR
00:02:19COUNTRY WAS DEAD. NOW WE ARE THE
00:02:23HOTTEST COUNTRY ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. AMERICA IS RESPECTED LIKE
00:02:27WE HAVE NEVER BEEN RESPECTED
00:02:31BEFORE. WE HAVE MORE MONEY BEING INVESTED IN THE UNITED STATES
00:02:34THAN AT ANY TIME IN THE HISTORY
00:02:36OF OUR COUNTRY. MORE AMERICANS
00:02:40ARE WORKING TODAY THAN EVER
00:02:42BEFORE. THIS WEEK, IT WAS ANNOUNCED
00:02:45>> THAT INFLATION SAW THE
00:02:48LARGEST MONTHLY DECLINE IN MORE THAN SIX YEARS. JUST HAPPENED,
00:02:51WAS JUST GIVEN OUT. THE MEDIA
00:02:55REPORTED IT, AND WE ACCEPT IT. THE BEST IN SIX YEARS. THE TAX
00:02:59CUTS IN OUR GREAT BIG, BEAUTIFUL
00:03:02BILL ARE SAVING HARDWORKING FAMILIES. THOUSANDS AND
00:03:05THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. LIKE WITH
00:03:09THE PROVISIONS, NO TAX ON TIPS,
00:03:12NO TAX ON OVERTIME, AND NO TAX ON SOCIAL SECURITY FOR OUR GREAT
00:03:16SENIORS. ALONG WITH THE INTEREST DEDUCTION ON A LOAN USED TO
00:03:20PURCHASE A CAR, BUT ONLY IF THAT
00:03:22CAR IS MADE IN AMERICA. AND A
00:03:27100% EXPENSING FOR OUR JOB
00:03:30CREATING BUSINESSES. OUR STOCK
00:03:32MARKETS ARE AT THEIR HIGHEST
00:03:35POINT IN MANY YEARS, BUT WE CAN
00:03:38ACTUALLY SAY OF ALL TIME. AND
00:03:40YOUR 401(K). S PENSIONS AND
00:03:43RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS ARE SETTING RECORDS EVERY SINGLE DAY, THE
00:03:46HIGHEST IN HISTORY. FOR YEARS,
00:03:50WE PAID THE HIGHEST PRICE FOR PRESCRIPTION DRUGS ANYWHERE IN
00:03:52THE WORLD. NOW WE PAY THE LOWEST
00:03:56PRICE UNDER MY MOST FAVORED NATIONS POLICY, BECAUSE I WAS
00:04:00ABLE TO GET THE REST OF THE
00:04:02WORLD AND THE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES TO ACT RESPONSIBLY.
00:04:06DRUG PRICES ARE COMING DOWN BY
00:04:1070, 80, AND 90%. TRUMPRX.GOV.
00:04:16THIS WILL ULTIMATELY REDUCE THE COST OF HEALTH CARE. YOU HAVE TO
00:04:19GO TO TRUMPRX.GOV AND TAKE
00:04:23ADVANTAGE OF IT. BUT THE COST OF HEALTH CARE IS COMING WAY DOWN
00:04:26BECAUSE OF WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH
00:04:29PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. AND WITH TRUMP ACCOUNTS. EVERY CHILD IN
00:04:32AMERICA NOW HAS ACCESS TO A TAX
00:04:34FREE INVESTMENT ACCOUNT TO SAVE
00:04:37FOR THEIR FUTURE. BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ARE BEING
00:04:41INVESTED, PUT IN BY COMPANIES AND INDIVIDUALS, TO TAKE CARE OF
00:04:45OUR CHILDREN, SO THAT AT AGE 18,
00:04:49THEY WILL HAVE POTENTIALLY HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS
00:04:51IN THEIR ACCOUNT, AND THEY'LL
00:04:53GET OFF TO A GREAT START IN
00:04:55LIFE. SO FOR THAT, GO TO TRUMP
00:04:59ACCOUNTS.GOV AND SIGN UP YOUR CHILD OR ANY CHILD YOU'D LIKE TO
00:05:03SIGN UP. OUR PREVIOUSLY WIDE
00:05:07OPEN BORDERS HAVE BEEN TRANSFORMED INTO THE MOST SECURE
00:05:09BORDERS IN THE HISTORY OF OUR
00:05:13COUNTRY, WITH ZERO ILLEGAL ALIENS BEING ADMITTED TO THE
00:05:17UNITED STATES IN THE PAST 14 MONTHS. THAT IS ZERO. NOBODY
00:05:20THOUGHT IT WAS POSSIBLE. WE HAD
00:05:22THE WORST BORDER IN THE HISTORY
00:05:25OF OUR COUNTRY, AND NOW WE HAVE
00:05:27THE BEST. CRIME IS PLUMMETING
00:05:29NATIONWIDE, WITH THE MURDER RATE
00:05:31AT ITS LOWEST LEVEL SINCE 1900,
00:05:37OR MORE THAN 125 YEARS AGO. WE'RE MAKING A RECORD INVESTMENT
00:05:40IN OUR ARMED FORCES, AND WE HAVE THE STRONGEST AND MOST POWERFUL
00:05:44MILITARY BY FAR, ANYWHERE IN THE
00:05:47WORLD. I BUILT IT DURING MY
00:05:49FIRST TERM, AND UNFORTUNATELY,
00:05:52WE'RE FORCED TO USE IT NOW. WE WON IN VENEZUELA, WHICH IS NOW
00:05:56WORKING WITH US TO PRODUCE MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF BARRELS
00:06:00OF OIL. WE ARE LIKEWISE WINNING
00:06:02BIG IN IRAN. AND YOU WILL SEE
00:06:05THE FRUITS OF THAT LABOR VERY,
00:06:07VERY SHORTLY. AMERICA IS BACK
00:06:10AND DOING REALLY WELL, BUT WE
00:06:13STILL HAVE A MAJOR CHALLENGE
00:06:15THAT MUST BE URGENTLY ADDRESSED,
00:06:18BECAUSE NO COUNTRY CAN BE GREAT
00:06:20WITHOUT FAIR AND HONEST ELECTIONS. YOU HAVE TO TRUST
00:06:24YOUR COUNTRY, BECAUSE IF THERE
00:06:25CAN BE NO TRUST, THERE CAN BE NO
00:06:28GREATNESS. AND THAT'S VERY
00:06:31SIMPLE. NO TRUST, NO GREATNESS.
00:06:33FOR MANY YEARS, I'VE CALLED FOR
00:06:36BOLD, SWIFT, AND DECISIVE ACTION
00:06:39TO PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF AMERICA'S ELECTIONS. EVERY
00:06:43AMERICAN DESERVES TO KNOW THAT WHEN THEY CAST THEIR VOTE, THAT
00:06:46VOTE WILL BE COUNTED ACCURATELY IN A SYSTEM, AND THAT IS TO MAKE
00:06:50THAT SYSTEM SECURE, ONE WHERE
00:06:54CHEATING AND INTERFERENCE ARE
00:06:57NOT JUST DIFFICULT, BUT VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE.
00:07:00UNFORTUNATELY, THE SYSTEM WE HAVE TODAY FALLS
00:07:04CATASTROPHICALLY SHORT OF THAT
00:07:06STANDARD. TONIGHT, I'M ANNOUNCING THE IMMEDIATE
00:07:09DECLASSIFICATION AND RELEASE OF
00:07:12CRITICAL INTELLIGENCE, REVEALING SHOCKING VULNERABILITIES IN OUR
00:07:16ELECTION INFRASTRUCTURE. THIS EVIDENCE SHOWS THAT THE ELECTION
00:07:20SYSTEM WE HAVE DANGEROUSLY
00:07:24EXPOSES AND REALLY EXPOSES LIKE
00:07:28LEVELS NEVER THOUGHT POSSIBLE TO
00:07:30HACKING, EXPLOITATION, AND
00:07:34FOREIGN INTERFERENCE. JUST AS DISTURBINGLY, THIS VITAL INFORMATION HAS FOR MANY YEARS
00:07:38BEEN COVERED UP AND HIDDEN FROM
00:07:40YOU. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE
00:07:42BEAUTIFUL. OUR GREAT AMERICAN
00:07:45PEOPLE. BUT THAT ALL CHANGES RIGHT NOW. THE DOCUMENTS WE WILL
00:07:49RELEASE STARTING TONIGHT HAVE BEEN GATHERED BY THE WHITE HOUSE
00:07:53GOVERNMENT. TRANSPARENCY TASK
00:07:55FORCE, A GREAT GROUP OF PEOPLE,
00:07:58ALONG WITH THE STAFF OF THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE
00:08:02ADVISORY BOARD OUR TOP
00:08:06INTELLIGENCE AGENCY CHIEFS, WHO HAVE ALL PERSONALLY REVIEWED THE
00:08:09FINDINGS. WE ARE PRESENTING THIS
00:08:13EVENING AND FULLY CONFIRMED
00:08:14THEIR AUTHENTICITY. YOU CAN SEE
00:08:18THESE DOCUMENTS FOR YOURSELF AT
00:08:22WHITEHOUSE.GOV. THAT'S WHITEHOUSE.GOV. GO CHECK IT OUT.
00:08:26OUR PURPOSE IN DISCLOSING THIS INFORMATION IS NOT TO WEAKEN
00:08:30CONFIDENCE IN ELECTIONS, BUT TO
00:08:32EARN THAT CONFIDENCE BY CONFRONTING VULNERABILITIES AND
00:08:36CORRECTING THEM VERY, VERY QUICKLY. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE
00:08:38DOING. THE DOCUMENTS COVER FIVE
00:08:41MAJOR AREAS OF CONCERN. FIRST,
00:08:44THEY SHOW THAT OVER A PERIOD OF
00:08:47YEARS, STARTING DURING THE 2020
00:08:50ELECTION CYCLE, THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA CARRIED OUT
00:08:53WHAT IS BELIEVED TO BE THE LARGEST COMPROMISE OF ELECTION
00:08:56DATA IN HISTORY, RESULTING IN
00:08:59CHINA'S ILLICIT ACQUISITION OF
00:09:04220 MILLION U.S. VOTER FILES.
00:09:07THAT INFORMATION INCLUDES NAMES, ADDRESSES, PHONE NUMBERS,
00:09:10POLITICAL PARTY PREFERENCES, AND
00:09:12OTHER SENSITIVE DATA THAT WOULD
00:09:14BE NEEDED TO REGISTER TO VOTE
00:09:19AND ENGAGE IN OTHER NEFARIOUS ACTIVITIES, WHICH IS EXACTLY
00:09:22WHAT WAS HAPPENING. THIS DATA
00:09:25LOSS PRESENTS AN UNPRECEDENTED
00:09:27ELECTION SECURITY NIGHTMARE. THE
00:09:30INTELLIGENCE EVEN SHOWS THAT
00:09:32CHINA SIGNED A DATA EXPLOITATION
00:09:35UNIT SPECIFICALLY TO THIS NEW PROJECT, COMPOUNDING THE
00:09:39TRAVESTY. THE SECOND SET OF
00:09:40DOCUMENTS WE ARE RELEASING
00:09:43REVEALS THAT MEMBERS OF THE DEEP
00:09:45STATE, VERY, VERY FAMOUS GROUP
00:09:47OF PEOPLE, IN MANY CASES IN OUR INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, WORKED TO
00:09:51ACTIVELY SUPPRESS AND DOWNPLAY
00:09:54INFORMATION ABOUT THE EXTENT OF CHINA'S SINISTER ELECTION
00:09:58MEDDLING, COVERING IT UP FROM BOTH THE PRESIDENT AND THE
00:10:01AMERICAN PEOPLE, LIKE NOBODY
00:10:04THOUGHT WAS POSSIBLE. U.S. SPY
00:10:08AGENCIES BEGAN LEARNING ABOUT THE COMPROMISE OF VOTER
00:10:11REGISTRATION FILES IN 2020, WHEN THEY DISCOVERED THAT TENS OF
00:10:14MILLIONS OF VOTER DATA. THINK OF
00:10:16THAT. TENS OF MILLIONS OF
00:10:19VOTERS. DATA IN 18 STATES HAVE
00:10:23BEEN BOUGHT, STOLEN, OR HACKED
00:10:27BY CHINA. THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR
00:10:28SOUNDING THE ALARM INSTEAD KEPT
00:10:32THE INFORMATION SECRET DID NOT
00:10:35DISCLOSE TO ME AS PRESIDENT OR
00:10:39TO ANYONE ELSE, AND TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE, THEY DID NOT
00:10:41INFORM CONGRESS. IN FACT, ALL
00:10:43THEY KEPT SAYING IS THIS IS THE
00:10:47MOST SECURE ELECTION IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY, A
00:10:50STANDARD, VERY PAT LINE THAT WAS
00:10:52DIVVIED OUT TO, SAY, THE COVER
00:10:56UP OF THIS COLOSSAL SECURITY BREACH IS EVEN MORE DISTURBING
00:10:58IN LIGHT OF THE ADDITIONAL
00:11:01INFORMATION SHOWING THAT CHINA
00:11:03ENGAGED IN OTHER ELECTION
00:11:06RELATED ACTIVITIES TO UNDERMINE
00:11:08MY FIRST ADMINISTRATION AND OUR 2020 CAMPAIGN. THEY DID NOT
00:11:12WANT. AND THEY JUST DIDN'T WANT IT. THEY FOUGHT LIKE HELL NOT TO
00:11:15HAVE IT. DONALD TRUMP TO WIN,
00:11:19AND FOR GOOD REASON. AS THE
00:11:21DOCUMENTS WE ARE RELEASING SHOW
00:11:25CIA REPORTING EXPLICITLY STATED,
00:11:27AND I QUOTE, IN MID 2018, THE
00:11:32CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY'S POLICY
00:11:32WAS TO LEVERAGE ALL DOMESTIC AND
00:11:36FOREIGN ELEMENTS THAT WERE OPPOSED TO THE U.S. PRESIDENT IN AN EFFORT TO REDUCE THE U.S.
00:11:40PRESIDENT'S VOTES AND MAKE HIM
00:11:42RESIGN OR PREVENT HIS
00:11:44REELECTION. ISN'T THAT NICE?
00:11:47ALSO, IN MID 2018, CHINA WAS
00:11:51WORKING TO INFLUENCE THE RESULTS OF THE U.S. MIDTERM ELECTIONS
00:11:54AND LATER, THE RESULTS OF THE
00:11:572020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
00:11:59ITSELF. SEPARATELY, IN MID 2019,
00:12:01THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT STRATEGY
00:12:04AGAINST THE UNITED STATES WAS FOCUSED ON UNDERMINING DOMESTIC
00:12:07CONFIDENCE IN THE U.S. PRESIDENT. THEY WANTED TO JUST
00:12:11MAKE YOU SOUND LIKE YOUR PRESIDENT WASN'T SO HOT WHEN
00:12:15ACTUALLY, YOUR PRESIDENT HAS
00:12:16DONE A GREAT JOB, AND THEY DID
00:12:19EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO DO
00:12:21EXACTLY THAT GOING ON. THIS DOCUMENT SAYS, AND THIS IS BY
00:12:25THE CIA, THE STRATEGY INCLUDED
00:12:28EFFORTS TO USE CHINESE CONTACTS
00:12:30WITH BIG U.S. COMPANIES TO INFLUENCE U.S. BUSINESS LEADERS
00:12:34TO TURN AGAINST THE PRESIDENT OF
00:12:37THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
00:12:39THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT SOUGHT TO
00:12:42IDENTIFY U.S. JOURNALISTS WHO HAD REPORTED NEGATIVELY ON THE
00:12:46U.S. PRESIDENT AND PAY THEM LARGE SUMS OF MONEY TO WRITE
00:12:49MORE NEGATIVE ARTICLES ABOUT
00:12:51HIM. AS MANY AS THEY COULD. AND
00:12:55THEY DIDN'T CARE WHAT THEY SAID. THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT
00:12:59WANTED U.S. PRESIDENT TO LOSE THE NEXT ELECTION, AND THE
00:13:01REASON THEY WANTED ME TO LOSE IS
00:13:05BECAUSE THEY KNEW I WAS WISE TO
00:13:07THEM, CHARGE THEM BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF
00:13:11TARIFFS, AND BUILT THE STRONGEST
00:13:13MILITARY ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. WE HAVE THE STRONGEST MILITARY
00:13:16ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. THESE ARE
00:13:19EXACT QUOTES FROM THE CIA
00:13:22REPORTING THE NAME OF THE PERSON
00:13:27DOING THE QUOTE IS NOW UNDER REVIEW, BUT IT GETS EVEN WORSE.
00:13:30RAW INTELLIGENCE OBTAINED BY THE
00:13:34FBI IN 2020, YET BURIED BY ROGUE
00:13:36BUREAUCRATS, STATED THAT
00:13:38CHINA'S ACTIVITIES EVEN INCLUDED AN ATTEMPT TO
00:13:41MANUFACTURE ILLEGAL BALLOTS FOR
00:13:44JOE BIDEN. DOCUMENTS SHOW THAT
00:13:46DURING THIS PERIOD, DOZENS OF
00:13:49SIGNIFICANT NSA REPORTS ABOUT
00:13:52CHINA'S ELECTION TARGETING WERE
00:13:55KEPT OUT OF THE PRESIDENTIAL
00:13:58BRIEFING. THESE WERE BRIEFINGS I WOULD GET ALMOST EVERY DAY.
00:14:01EVERYTHING WAS KEPT OUT. THAT WAS OF IMPORTANCE. ONE EMAIL
00:14:05AMONG INTELLIGENCE ANALYSTS
00:14:07ADMITTED THAT THEY HAD, QUOTE,
00:14:10DELIBERATELY MASSAGED THE
00:14:12PRESIDENTIAL DAILY BRIEFING TO WITHHOLD INFORMATION REGARDING
00:14:16CHINESE ACTIVITIES RELATED TO
00:14:17THE ELECTION. ANOTHER OFFICIAL
00:14:21INSIDE THE FBI WROTE THAT SHE WAS RUNNING, QUOTE, A SHADOW
00:14:24GOVERNMENT, UNQUOTE, TO KEEP
00:14:27INTELLIGENCE ABOUT CHINA'S
00:14:29ELECTION MEDDLING FROM BECOMING KNOWN AND TO KEEP IT AWAY FROM
00:14:32THE HONORABLE PRESS. OTHER OFFICIALS WHO WITNESSED SUCH
00:14:36EFFORTS PERCEIVED THE
00:14:38MOTIVATIONS TO BE BLATANTLY
00:14:41POLITICAL. RECENTLY, WE FOUND
00:14:43SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS OF BURN BAGS, INFORMATION, AND THIS IS A
00:14:47GROUP OF BAGS THAT WERE USED TO
00:14:52DESTROY INFORMATION GIVEN BY
00:14:55PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA TO BE BURNED. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO
00:14:59BE BURNED. THESE BAGS WERE
00:15:02SUPPOSED TO BE AT A DIFFERENT
00:15:05LEVEL BY DIFFERENT PEOPLE, INCINERATED AND CHECKED. BUT IT
00:15:09NEVER HAPPENED. MAYBE WE GOT
00:15:12LUCKY. WE BELIEVE THIS WAS NOT
00:15:14DONE ON PURPOSE, BUT RATHER THROUGH GROSS INCOMPETENCE OF
00:15:18THE PEOPLE THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO BURN THE BAGS. BUT THE FINDINGS
00:15:22ARE STUNNING. TODAY, I'M ASKING
00:15:24THE OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE, THE
00:15:27DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, THE FBI,
00:15:30AND THE CIA TO INVESTIGATE HOW
00:15:32AND WHY SUCH CRUCIAL INFORMATION WAS HIDDEN TO FIRE THOSE
00:15:35INVOLVED IN THE COVERUP, AND TO FILE CRIMINAL CHARGES, IF
00:15:38APPROPRIATE, AGAINST THESE
00:15:41PEOPLE. YET, CONCEALING CHINA'S
00:15:44MEDDLING WAS ONLY THE BEGINNING. THE THIRD SET OF DOCUMENTS WE
00:15:47ARE RELEASING PROVES THAT FOR
00:15:49MANY YEARS, AMERICANS WERE
00:15:53BLATANTLY LIED TO ABOUT THE SECURITY OF OUR ELECTION
00:15:55INFRASTRUCTURE, INCLUDING
00:15:58ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINES AND BALLOT COUNTING SYSTEMS,
00:16:02DISHONEST. ALMOST ALL THEIR
00:16:05VULNERABLE, AND THEY'RE EASILY
00:16:08COMPROMISED. AND PEOPLE WITHIN OUR GOVERNMENT KNEW THAT.
00:16:11TONIGHT, WE'RE PUBLISHING A
00:16:13SERIES OF PREVIOUSLY CLASSIFIED
00:16:15U.S. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY
00:16:18ASSESSMENTS AND OTHER REPORTS PROVING THAT OUR GOVERNMENT HAS
00:16:21LONG KNOWN THESE MACHINES ARE
00:16:24EXTREMELY EXPOSED TO ATTACK. AS
00:16:26ONE ASSESSMENT STATES, WE JUDGE
00:16:29THAT THE UNITED STATES ADVERSARIES, INCLUDING, AT A
00:16:32MINIMUM CHINA, IRAN, NORTH
00:16:36KOREA, AS WELL AS NON-STATE
00:16:37GROUPS, HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO
00:16:40COMPROMISE U.S. ELECTION INFRASTRUCTURE. THAT'S UNQUOTE.
00:16:44BUT THAT'S SOME STATEMENT, ISN'T IT, MADE BY SUPPOSEDLY
00:16:48GREAT PATRIOTS OF OUR COUNTRY.
00:16:51THE DOCUMENT GOES ON TO FURTHER
00:16:53STATE THAT, QUOTE. WE ASSESS
00:16:56THAT CENTRALIZED, ELECTION
00:16:59RELATED DATA REPOSITORIES, SUCH
00:17:02AS VOTER REGISTRATION DATABASES,
00:17:03POLL BOOKS, AND OTHER OFFICIAL ELECTION WEBSITES, ARE MOST
00:17:07VULNERABLE TO EXPLOITATION, AND
00:17:10ADVERSARIES COULD USE THIS
00:17:12ACCESS TO THESE SYSTEMS TO
00:17:14DISRUPT ELECTION PROCESSES
00:17:16WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. TONIGHT, WE'RE
00:17:20RELEASING ALL OF THOSE FINDINGS AND SPANNING FROM JANUARY 2020
00:17:24TO JUNE 2026. THIS IS A CYBER
00:17:28THREAT AIMED AT THE VERY HEART OF OUR DEMOCRACY. MANY PEOPLE
00:17:32HAVE QUESTIONED WHETHER IT COULD
00:17:34ACTUALLY BE POSSIBLE TO
00:17:37ELECTRONICALLY MANIPULATE VOTE
00:17:39TOTALS OR CHANGE ELECTION RESULTS ON THESE TERRIBLE
00:17:42MACHINES. TODAY, WE ARE RELEASING DOCUMENTS THAT SHOW
00:17:46THE CIA OBTAINED REPORTING OF A
00:17:48SPECIFIC PLOT TO DO A BIG NUMBER
00:17:53IN FAVOR OF THE CORRUPT MADURO
00:17:57REGIME IN VENEZUELA. AND THAT'S
00:18:00EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED.
00:18:02CONSPIRING TO DIGITALLY RIG THEIR OWN COUNTRY'S ELECTIONS IN
00:18:052020. AND THAT'S WHAT THEY DID. THIS REPORTING INCLUDED PRECISE
00:18:09DETAILS ABOUT METHODS TO REGIME
00:18:14DEVELOP, TO DIGITALLY ALTER VOTE
00:18:16TOTALS IN WAYS THAT COULD NOT BE DETECTED, EVEN WITH AN AUDIT, NO
00:18:20MATTER HOW DEEP THEY WENT. THIS
00:18:25INTELLIGENCE UNDERSCORES WHY WE MUST TAKE URGENT ACTION TO
00:18:27ENSURE THAT OUR OWN SYSTEM CAN
00:18:30NEVER, EVER BE HACKED OR COMPROMISED LIKE IT WAS IN THE
00:18:34PAST. THE FOURTH SET OF DOCUMENTS REVEALS THAT EVEN WHEN
00:18:37SIGNIFICANT EVIDENCE OF FRAUD
00:18:39HAS BEEN DETECTED, IT HAS BEEN
00:18:43BURIED AND COVERED UP. AMONG THE
00:18:45DISCLOSURES TONIGHT ARE FBI
00:18:48FILES DETAILING EVIDENCE OF ALLEGED FRAUD BY A LARGE SCALE
00:18:52VOTER REGISTRATION OPERATION IN
00:18:55MICHIGAN. IN 2020, MICHIGAN
00:18:58STATE POLICE RAIDED A DEMOCRAT
00:19:00GET OUT THE VOTE ORGANIZATION,
00:19:02CORRUPT GROUP IN MUSKEGON. AND
00:19:05WE'RE SO CONCERNED BY WHAT THEY FOUND. THEY WERE JUST SO
00:19:08CONCERNED. THEY COULDN'T BELIEVE
00:19:10IT, ACTUALLY, THAT THEY
00:19:13CONTACTED THE FBI IN DETROIT.
00:19:15THE DOCUMENTS STATE THAT SOME CANVASSERS ADMITTED TO FBI
00:19:18AGENTS THAT THEY SIGNED VOTER REGISTRATION FORMS AND OTHER
00:19:22PEOPLE'S NAMES, SUBMITTED FRAUDULENT REGISTRATION FOR
00:19:25PEOPLE WHO DID NOT EXIST, AND
00:19:28RECEIVED GIFT CARDS TIED TO
00:19:30THEIR NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS THAT THEY PRODUCED. IN OTHER
00:19:34WORDS, IT WAS PAY TO PLAY AND
00:19:39CHEAT. THE FBI AGENTS WORKING ON
00:19:41THE CASE BELIEVE THAT CRIMES WERE COMMITTED. YET THE BIDEN
00:19:45DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SLOW WALKED THE INVESTIGATION AND
00:19:49KILLED IT. TONIGHT, I'M ASKING
00:19:52THE FBI DIRECTOR TO ENSURE THAT
00:19:54THE MATTER IS FULLY INVESTIGATED AND TO WORK WITH THE DEPARTMENT
00:19:58OF JUSTICE TO PROSECUTE THOSE
00:20:00RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY CRIMES. FINALLY, TO REVEAL JUST HOW
00:20:04VULNERABLE OUR ELECTIONS CONTINUE TO BE, WE ARE RELEASING
00:20:07THE RESULTS OF A STUNNING INVESTIGATION BY THE DEPARTMENT
00:20:11OF HOMELAND SECURITY. ACCORDING
00:20:15TO THE DHS REVIEW, STATE VOTER
00:20:17ROLLS AND PUBLIC RECORDS, THEY
00:20:20IDENTIFIED APPROXIMATELY 278,000
00:20:23NON-CITIZENS WHO ARE REGISTERED
00:20:25TO VOTE IN FEDERAL ELECTIONS.
00:20:28SINCE DEMOCRAT STATES REFUSED TO SHARE THEIR VOTER FILES, THE
00:20:32REAL NUMBER IS ACTUALLY MUCH
00:20:33HIGHER THAN THAT. YET EVEN THIS
00:20:38LIMITED ANALYSIS FOUND MORE THAN A QUARTER OF A MILLION
00:20:42FOREIGNERS ILLEGALLY REGISTERED TO VOTE. PUT TOGETHER, THESE
00:20:46DISCLOSURES REVEAL AN ELECTION
00:20:47SYSTEM SO BROKEN AND SO
00:20:50VULNERABLE THAT NO ONE CAN POSSIBLY DEFEND IT. IT IS NOT
00:20:54DEFENSIBLE. HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS
00:20:56OF U.S. VOTER FILES ARE IN THE
00:20:59HANDS OF FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS.
00:21:01OUR MACHINES AND BALLOT COUNTING
00:21:03SYSTEMS ARE EXPOSED TO HACKING
00:21:06AND MANIPULATION CORRUPTION.
00:21:08CHINA AND OTHER COUNTRIES HAVE BEEN TRYING TO MEDDLE IN OUR
00:21:11ELECTIONS. EVIDENCE OF FRAUD HAS
00:21:14BEEN BURIED. HUNDREDS OF
00:21:17THOUSANDS OF NON-CITIZENS AND DEAD PEOPLE ARE LISTED AND
00:21:21ACTIVE ON THE VOTER ROLLS. AND YET, WE STILL HAVE ELECTIONS
00:21:25WITH NO VOTER ID, NO PROOF OF
00:21:28CITIZENSHIP, AND TENS OF MILLIONS OF BALLOTS FLOATING
00:21:31AIMLESSLY THROUGH THE MAIL. AS
00:21:34ONE EXAMPLE OF THE INSANITY, CALIFORNIA'S RECENT ELECTION FOR
00:21:37MAYOR OF LA AND GOVERNOR WAS
00:21:40HELD ON JUNE 2nd. A LONG TIME
00:21:42AGO, BUT IT WAS JUST COMPLETED A
00:21:46FEW DAYS AGO, ON JULY 10th.
00:21:48THINK OF THAT MUCH MORE THAN ONE MONTH. TOOK A MONTH TO COUNT THE
00:21:52VOTES. I WONDER WHAT THEY WERE
00:21:53DOING. THIS IS WORSE THAN ANY
00:21:57THIRD WORLD COUNTRY. THERE'S NO THIRD WORLD COUNTRY THAT HAS
00:22:00ELECTIONS LIKE WE HAVE. IN A
00:22:02RARE MOVE, NBC AND ABC FAKE NEWS
00:22:06HAVE BOTH SAID THAT THEY WOULD NOT COVER THIS SPEECH. THEY KNEW
00:22:09WHAT IT WAS ABOUT BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THEY DON'T LIKE THE
00:22:13TOPIC, BECAUSE THEY KNOW HOW CORRUPT OUR SYSTEM IS, AND THEY
00:22:16DON'T WANT TO REVEAL IT. THEY AND OTHERS IN THE MEDIA ARE PART
00:22:20OF A PLOT. THEY WANT TO CONTINUE
00:22:22THIS FRAUD FOR WHATEVER REASON. THEY WANT TO KEEP IT GOING. THEY
00:22:25WANT TO PROTECT THE RADICAL
00:22:27LEFT. THEY CAN'T HAVE A GREAT COUNTRY. AND THAT'S TRUE. YOU
00:22:31CAN'T HAVE A GREAT COUNTRY
00:22:33WITHOUT FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS.
00:22:36FRAUD LIKE THIS SHOULD MEAN A REVOCATION OF THEIR LICENSES.
00:22:40THEY USE OUR PUBLIC MULTIBILLION
00:22:43DOLLAR IN VALUE AIRWAYS FOR
00:22:45ABSOLUTELY NO MONEY. THEY PAY NOTHING. ALL WE WANT IS HONESTY
00:22:49IN OUR ELECTIONS AND HONESTY IN
00:22:52REPORTING. THEY PAY NOTHING FOR
00:22:56PULTE BILLION DOLLAR ASSETS. GREAT DAMAGE HAS BEEN DONE TO
00:23:00OUR COUNTRY. OUR ELECTIONS WERE
00:23:03LEFT VULNERABLE TO BEING RIGGED AND STOLEN, AND THE TRUST OF THE
00:23:06AMERICAN PEOPLE WAS LOST. THIS
00:23:10CANNOT BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE. EVERY AMERICAN, WHETHER YOU'RE
00:23:13A REPUBLICAN, DEMOCRAT, INDEPENDENT OR OTHERWISE, SHOULD
00:23:17BE ABLE TO AGREE THAT WE DESERVE THE MOST SECURE, HONEST, AND
00:23:20FAIR ELECTION SYSTEM ANYWHERE IN
00:23:23THE WORLD. SECURE ELECTIONS
00:23:26SHOULD BE A PARTISAN. REALLY
00:23:28SHOULD JUST. WE SHOULD BE TOGETHER. DEMOCRATS,
00:23:32REPUBLICANS, INDEPENDENTS, EVERYBODY. AND IT SHOULD NOT BE
00:23:35A PARTIZAN ISSUE. IT SHOULD
00:23:37CAUSE TO UNITE US, NOT TO DIVIDE US. THIS SHOULD BE A CAUSE. WE
00:23:41SHOULD BE UNITED, NOT DIVIDED.
00:23:44IN LIGHT OF THE BRAND NEW AND
00:23:47IRREFUTABLE INFORMATION I HAVE REVEALED. TONIGHT, MY
00:23:51ADMINISTRATION IS IN THE PROCESS
00:23:54OF NOTIFYING THE STATES WHOSE
00:23:56ELECTION DATA WAS COMPROMISED BY THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
00:24:00AND MANY OTHERS. WE WILL BE WORKING CLOSELY TO MITIGATE ANY
00:24:04HARM, AND WE'RE TAKING SWIFT
00:24:06ACTION TO ENSURE THAT SENSITIVE
00:24:09VOTER DATA IS BETTER PROTECTED SO WE CAN NEVER BE BOUGHT. WE
00:24:12CAN NEVER BE HACKED, AND WE CAN
00:24:16NEVER WATCH A STOLEN ELECTION
00:24:18AGAIN TOMORROW, THE SECRETARY OF
00:24:23HOMELAND SECURITY WILL HOLD A BRIEFING TO OUTLINE HIS
00:24:25DEPARTMENT'S RECENT WORK, CONFIRMING CYBER VULNERABILITIES
00:24:29IN OUR ELECTRONIC VOTING
00:24:31SYSTEMS. THEY ARE BAD. WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF INFORMING
00:24:35GOVERNORS, SENATORS, AND MEMBERS OF CONGRESS OF POTENTIAL ISSUES
00:24:39IN THEIR STATES. IF YOU LOOK AT
00:24:43VOTING TODAY, IT'S IN SUCH BAD SHAPE. IN SO MANY STATES, AND WE
00:24:46ARE COMMITTING TO FIX IT. AND
00:24:50WE'RE ALSO COMMITTING TO BE WORKING WITH THOSE STATES AND
00:24:53LOCAL JURISDICTIONS TO HELP THEM
00:24:55FIX AND PATCH KNOWN TECHNICAL
00:24:58VULNERABILITIES BEFORE THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS. WE HAVE VERY
00:25:02IMPORTANT ELECTIONS COMING UP.
00:25:03WE WANT THOSE ELECTIONS TO BE
00:25:08HONEST. I'VE ALSO ORDERED DHS TO NOTIFY EVERY STATE ABOUT NONCITIZENS ON THEIR VOTER ROLLS
00:25:11AND DIRECT THEM TO REMOVE ALL
00:25:14INELIGIBLE VOTERS FROM THE LISTS IMMEDIATELY. BUT MOST
00:25:17IMPORTANTLY, ADDRESSING THIS
00:25:20CRISIS OF ELECTION SECURITY
00:25:22DEMANDS THAT CONGRESS MUST PASS
00:25:25THE SAVE AMERICA ACT. HOW EASY
00:25:30IS THAT TO DO? UNLESS YOU WANT
00:25:33TO CHEAT, THE ONLY REASON CHEAT,
00:25:37BECAUSE YOUR POLICIES ARE SO
00:25:39BAD, AND YOUR CANDIDATES ARE SO
00:25:42PATHETIC THAT YOU CAN'T GET AWAY OR CAN'T GET ELECTED ANY OTHER
00:25:45WAY. THIS LANDMARK BILL REQUIRES
00:25:48THAT ALL VOTERS MUST SHOW PHOTO
00:25:51VOTER ID. HOW SIMPLE IS THAT?
00:25:54COULD I HAVE YOUR PHOTO, PLEASE?
00:25:57PHOTO VOTER ID. ALL VOTERS MUST
00:26:01PROVIDE PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP.
00:26:04OUR COUNTRY? PLEASE. AND HOPEFULLY, THERE WILL BE NO
00:26:08CORRUPT MAIL IN BALLOTS, WHICH, IF YOU WATCHED CALIFORNIA AND SO
00:26:11MANY OTHER PLACES, MAIL IN
00:26:13BALLOTS ARE INHERENTLY CORRUPT.
00:26:17SO YOU WOULD HAVE NO MAIL IN
00:26:19BALLOTS EXCEPT FOR ILLNESS
00:26:24DISABILITY, MILITARY DEPLOYMENT, OR TRAVEL. IF YOU'RE GOING AWAY
00:26:28ON BUSINESS OR VACATION. THESE
00:26:31REFORMS ARE URGENTLY NEEDED TO STOP THE VULNERABILITIES THAT
00:26:35I'VE MENTIONED TO ALL AMERICANS. I ASK YOU TO PICK UP
00:26:39YOUR PHONE TOMORROW, CALL YOUR
00:26:40REPRESENTATIVES, AND THE HOUSE
00:26:43AND SENATE, AND DEMAND THAT THEY PASS THE SAFE AMERICA ACT
00:26:47WITHOUT DELAY. TOGETHER, WE WILL
00:26:51RESTORE FAITH AND CONFIDENCE IN OUR COUNTRY, AND WE WILL BE
00:26:55BIGGER, BETTER, AND STRONGER
00:26:57THAN EVER BEFORE. THANK YOU. GOD
00:27:00BLESS YOU. GOD BLESS OUR GREAT
00:27:02MILITARY, AND GOD BLESS AMERICA.
00:27:04THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
00:27:12>> HERE'S A LOOK AT SOME OF OUR LIVE COVERAGE COMING UP FRIDAY
00:27:15ON THE C-SPAN NETWORKS, ON C-SPAN AT 10 A.M. EASTERN. KEVIN
00:27:18WARSH GIVES HIS FIRST KEYNOTE AS FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIR AT THE
00:27:21ANNUAL JACKSON HOLE ECONOMIC POLICY SYMPOSIUM IN WYOMING.
00:27:25NEXT, AT 10:30 A.M., THE NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK, LED BY
00:27:29THE REVEREND AL SHARPTON, HOLDS
00:27:32THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON, 2026 DEFEND THE VOTE TOMORROW,
00:27:35MARKING THE 63rd ANNIVERSARY OF THE HISTORIC 1960 3rd MARCH. THE
00:27:39EVENT BRINGS ACTIVISTS TO WASHINGTON TO RALLY AROUND
00:27:41VOTING RIGHTS AND PROTECTING ACCESS TO THE BALLOT. THAT
00:27:44EVENING, COVERAGE OF AMERICA'S
00:27:48250th ANNIVERSARY CONTINUES AT 8:45 P.M. EASTERN, WITH A WEEKLY
00:27:51U.S. MARINE CORPS PARADE FEATURING A LIVE BAND, COLOR
00:27:53GUARD PERFORMANCE, AND THE
00:27:55MARINE CORPS DOG MASCOT. ON
00:27:58C-SPAN 2, WE CONTINUE OUR WEEK LONG RADIO SHOW SIMULCAST WITH
00:28:01THOM HARTMANN AT NOON EASTERN AND THE HOWIE CARR SHOW AT 3
00:28:04P.M., AND THEN ON C-SPAN 3 AT 11
00:28:07A.M. EASTERN. PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL AWARD THE ARTEMIS II CREW,
00:28:10THE CONGRESSIONAL SPACE MEDAL OF HONOR, AFTER THEIR HISTORIC
00:28:12JOURNEY. MORE THAN 250,000 MILES
00:28:15FROM EARTH. YOU CAN ALSO WATCH LIVE COVERAGE OF THESE EVENTS ON C-SPAN. NOW, OUR FREE MOBILE
00:28:19APP, OR ONLINE AT C-SPAN .ORG.
00:28:28OUTGOING WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS' ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT WEIJIA JIANG ADDRESSED
00:28:30REPORTERS AND OFFICIALS AT THE RESCHEDULED CORRESPONDENTS'
00:28:34DINNER. THE FIRST DINNER WAS CUT SHORT AFTER GUNFIRE AND THE
00:28:37EVACUATION OF PRESIDENT TRUMP
00:28:39AND CABINET OFFICIALS
00:28:43>> CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO ALL OF OUR HONOREES TONIGHT. I AM
00:28:46CONFIDENT THAT ONE DAY, OUR SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS COULD BE THE
00:28:49ONES TAKING HOME AWARDS. AFTER
00:28:52ALL, NOT THAT LONG AGO, WE WERE,
00:28:56YOU YOUNG PEOPLE, PASSIONATE AB