WASHINGTON ¨C The White House is considering releasing sensitive intelligence related to China and its ability to interfere in U.S. elections that some officials of?U.S. President Donald Trump worry could be misleading, according to four people with knowledge of the deliberations.
Trump may disclose the intelligence, which was collected and analyzed during his first term, in a speech that he is due to deliver on Thursday night, when he is expected to outline information about alleged vulnerabilities in the voting infrastructure that could allow for foreign interference in U.S. elections, ?the sources said.
The details of the intelligence could not be determined, but sources said it is classified and related to whether China had the intention or ability ?to disrupt ?U.S. elections in 2020. The sources, who were granted anonymity to discuss classified material, said the intelligence did not show Beijing had manipulated or ?changed votes.
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