{"id":8595,"date":"2026-07-17T11:42:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T06:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=8595"},"modified":"2026-07-17T11:42:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T06:42:35","slug":"grok-sides-with-cnn-reporter-debunking-trumps-election-claims-they-do-not-contain-evidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=8595","title":{"rendered":"Grok Sides With CNN Reporter Debunking Trump\u2019s Election Claims: \u2018They Do Not Contain Evidence\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5644972\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5644972\" class=\"wp-image-5644972 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/am13.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Elon-Musk-Donald-Trump-Oval-Office-AP25150661257094-768x432-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5644972\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">AP Photo\/Evan Vucci<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Even Grok, <strong>Elon<\/strong> <strong>Musk&#8217;s<\/strong> xAI chatbot, sided with CNN&#8217;s <strong>Zachary<\/strong> <strong>Cohen<\/strong> in rebutting President <strong>Donald<\/strong> <strong>Trump&#8217;s<\/strong> Thursday election fraud claims, writing that the declassified documents cited &#8220;do not contain evidence&#8221; that foreign interference or fraud actually changed the outcome of any past election.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/trump-goes-on-absolutely-bonkers-rant-about-burn-bags-demands-criminal-probe\/\">address to the nation<\/a> was centered around, in his words, \u201cthe largest compromise of election data in history.&#8221; According to him, during the 2020 election cycle, China allegedly acquired \u201c220 million U.S. voter files,\u201d including \u201cnames, addresses, phone numbers, political party preferences, and other sensitive data.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The president vowed that documents proving his case and \u201cgathered by the White House Government Transparency Task Force\u201d would be released online \u201cstarting tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cohen <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ZcohenCNN\/status\/2077924302037336228?s=20\">wrote<\/a> via X on Thursday that &#8220;CNN has reviewed all&#8221; of the documents Trump mentioned, adding that they &#8220;largely discuss vulnerabilities that have been known for years and\/or are reflected in the 2021 US intel community assessment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He continued, &#8220;None of the declassified information supports the claim that any previous election results \u2014 including the 2020 presidential contest that Trump lost \u2014 were manipulated by foreign interference or fraud in a way that would\u2019ve changed the outcome.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed_container\" id=\"0495005df656b5b1a0a2e3a5c398de4b\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The documents Trump is referring to right now, and CNN has reviewed all of them, largely discuss vulnerabilities that have been known for years and\/or are reflected in the 2021 US intel community assessment. <\/p>\n<p>None of the declassified information supports the claim that any\u2026<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Zachary Cohen (@ZcohenCNN) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ZcohenCNN\/status\/2077924302037336228?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>After an X user asked Grok to evaluate Cohen&#8217;s statement, the chatbot responded:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Cohen&#8217;s claim is accurate. The declassified documents detail longstanding vulnerabilities in voting systems and foreign data access capabilities (e.g., China obtaining voter records), consistent with prior assessments. They do not contain evidence that foreign interference or fraud successfully manipulated results to change any past election outcome, including 2020. The focus is on known risks and future mitigation.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"embed_container\" id=\"dd746fff3607afefe8eb88eb7955b2b2\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Cohen&#039;s claim is accurate. The declassified documents detail longstanding vulnerabilities in voting systems and foreign data access capabilities (e.g., China obtaining voter records), consistent with prior assessments. They do not contain evidence that foreign interference or\u2026<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Grok (@grok) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/grok\/status\/2077934070344855603?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>As Senator <strong>Mark<\/strong> <strong>Warner<\/strong> (D-VA) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/tv\/senator-immediately-undercuts-trumps-claim-about-election-fraud-in-speech-so-completely-false\/\">pointed ou<\/a>t Thursday on MS NOW, ironically, Trump\u2019s own appointees, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-ratcliffe-cia-e5fe61f5e79206357085932f1252a852\">mainly<\/a> CIA Director <strong>John<\/strong> <strong>Ratcliffe<\/strong>, \u201cwere in charge of the intelligence community\u201d in 2020, adding, \u201cWhy didn\u2019t they find any of this?\u201d and making the salient point that &#8220;you can buy these voter files.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/online\/grok-sides-with-cnn-reporter-debunking-trumps-election-claims-they-do-not-contain-evidence\/\">Grok Sides With CNN Reporter Debunking Trump\u2019s Election Claims: \u2018They Do Not Contain Evidence\u2019<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\">Mediaite<\/a>.<\/p>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AP Photo\/Evan Vucci Even Grok, Elon Musk&#8217;s xAI chatbot, sided with CNN&#8217;s Zachary Cohen in rebutting President Donald Trump&#8217;s Thursday election fraud claims, writing that the declassified documents cited &#8220;do not contain evidence&#8221; that foreign interference or fraud actually changed the outcome of any past election. 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