Trump promises ‘really big’ election announcement in rare prime-time address

President Trump is promising what he calls really big news during a rare primetime address to the nation tonight

with the president saying elections and voting machines will be the key focus

The White House has revealed few details about the address, but earlier this week

Trump said it will center on election integrity, voting machines, and what he calls a major announcement

But it's really big news. It's really, really big news. And our country has to shape up

But what we're going to be talking about Thursday is it doesn't get bigger because without free and fair elections, you don't have a country

We'll be discussing other things, too. But it's going to be a very big announcement

The Washington Post reports the president is expected to discuss declassified intelligence, along with claims about voting machine security and foreign election interference

Trump has continued to argue the 2020 election was compromised despite recounts court rulings and previous U intelligence assessments finding no evidence that voting or voting machines were altered

Democrats are already pushing back. Georgia Senator John Ossoff says he believes the president could use tonight's speech

to lay the groundwork for challenging future election results or justifying federal action ahead of the midterms

There's talk that he might try to declare me and Raphael Warnock illegitimate senators

Obviously, the president has no power to do that, but he does have the power to try to intimidate people

He's demonstrated his will to abuse power. I expect him to use whatever he puts out there on Thursday as a pretext

either for some attempted unconstitutional use of federal power to interfere in the election

or to lay the groundwork for challenging the result. The speech comes just months after the FBI seized 2020 election materials

in Fulton County, Georgia, as part of the administration's review of past election records

The president is scheduled to speak from the White House at 9 p.m. Eastern