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Live fact-check: President Donald Trump's expected address on election security 21%
By PolitiFact Staff24%
7/16/2026, 12:00:00 AM
BS Summary: This article contains 8 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Negativity Bias, and Appeal to Authority, with Ambiguity (Equivocation) as the most egregious example at 32% saturation with 32 hits. Analysis detected 164 faulty-reasoning hits from 100 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 34.8% and a BS Rank of 21% (16,910 of 21,172 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 79.90% of the article peer group.
In a July 16 primetime TV address to the nation, President Donald Trump is expected to focus on voting integrity and foreign interference attempts in the 2020 election, according to news reports.
PolitiFact has fact-checked many of Trump’s unproven and false assertions about election security and his loss against former President Joe Biden in the 2020 election.
We will fact-check his speech live tonight starting at 9 p.m.
EDT.
Follow our live fact-checks below.
READ: Trump’s speech may focus on 2020 election.
Here’s a primer on foreign interference, voting security
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