Trump says Thursday address will focus on ‘free and fair elections’

Key Points:

• President Donald Trump plans to use his primetime Oval Office speech on Thursday to highlight new findings about American election security, focusing heavily on disputing the 2020 election results he lost.
• The speech will also touch on other issues, including ongoing conflict with Iran, but Trump emphasized election integrity as the centerpiece, calling it "really, really big news."
• Trump has long pushed claims of election irregularities and has used US intelligence resources to question foreign interference narratives and support his election fraud allegations.
• Despite pressure from Republicans and White House aides to focus on affordability ahead of midterms, Trump remains focused on election issues, continuing efforts initiated during his previous term to challenge election integrity.
• Trump’s nominee for director of national intelligence, Jay Clayton, shares concerns about election integrity, while the administration has dismantled several government programs designed to alert the public about foreign election interference.