Fact checking Trump speech on election security
President Trump is delivering a speech on election security Thursday night at the White House.
Updated on: July 16, 2026 / 11:05 PM EDT / CBS News
CBS News is fact-checking President Trump's speech on election security Thursday night, in which he raised new allegations regarding China's access to U.S. voter data and claimed that the "deep state" in the U.S. intelligence community sought to "actively suppress and downplay" China's actions. He also made accusations about voter registration fraud in the U.S.
Here are some of the claims and CBS News' ratings and context for Mr. Trump's statements:
Misleading: Trump claims China "carried out what is believed to be the largest compromise of election data in history" during 2020 election
False: Trump claims U.S. election system "falls catastrophically short" of standard where "cheating and interference are not just difficult, but virtually impossible."