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What newly declassified documents do – and don't – say about threats to US elections

What Trump’s newly declassified documents do – and don’t – tell us about threats to US elections | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump in his primetime speech on Thursday is alleging vulnerabilities exist in American election systems, using a large trove of newly declassified documents as evidence to suggest future elections could be at risk of foreign interference, particularly by China.

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