President Donald Trump is expected to deliver a nationally televised address Thursday night announcing that newly declassified intelligence documents reveal plans by a foreign government to interfere in the 2020 presidential election, according to a CNBC report citing MS NOW and two unnamed White House officials.

The report states that Trump will be joined during the address by CIA Director John Ratcliffe, Acting Director of National Intelligence Bill Pulte, FBI Director Kash Patel, and Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin.

Earlier Monday, Trump revealed on Truth Social that he would deliver a prime-time address but did not disclose the topic.

“I will be making a Speech to the Nation on Thursday evening, at 9 P.M. Eastern,” Trump wrote.

The announcement followed another report from MS NOW, which cited two U.S. officials familiar with the matter as saying that a White House task force reviewing thousands of pages of classified intelligence and law enforcement records related to U.S. elections is preparing to begin releasing documents within the coming weeks.

Trump has consistently maintained that the 2020 presidential election, which he officially lost to Joe Biden, was marred by widespread fraud. He has repeatedly argued that the contest, along with other elections, was “rigged.”

Those claims have been a driving force behind Trump’s support for the SAVE America Act, legislation that would require prospective voters to provide proof of U.S. citizenship when registering, present photo identification before casting a ballot, and impose additional limits on mail-in voting.

A U.S. intelligence assessment released in 2021 concluded that there was no evidence any foreign government attempted to alter “any technical aspect” of the 2020 election, including voter registration systems, ballots, vote tabulation, or the certified election results.

That assessment found that Russian President Vladimir Putin authorized elements of the Russian government to carry out influence operations intended to help Trump’s candidacy while also seeking to weaken public confidence in the American electoral system.

According to the same report, China considered launching influence activities aimed at affecting the outcome of the election but ultimately decided against doing so. It also concluded that Iran conducted a “multi-pronged” covert influence campaign intended to damage Trump’s reelection bid.

The intelligence assessment was produced by the National Intelligence Council in coordination with the CIA, FBI, Department of Homeland Security, National Security Agency, and the State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research.

{Matzav.com}