Trump Unveils Election Intel, Blanche Meets Epstein Victims, WH Betting Probe: AM Update 7/17

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**Emily Jashinsky** (0:32)
Good morning, everyone. I'm Emily Jushinski, host of After Party and The Megyn Kelly Wrap-Up Show on SiriusXM Channel 111 It's Friday, July 17th, 2026, and this is your AM Update.

**Donald Trump** (0:43)
The election system we have dangerously exposes and really exposes the hacking, exploitation, and foreign interference.

**Emily Jashinsky** (0:53)
President Trump unveiling newly declassified intelligence, he says exposes sweeping vulnerabilities in America's election system.

**Tom Tillis** (1:01)
I expect that meeting to occur before I'm willing to vote out of this committee.

**Emily Jashinsky** (1:04)
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche meeting with women who say they were victimized by Jeffrey Epstein as he works to secure the support of key Republican senators. President Trump's longtime teleprompter operator accused of cashing in on advanced access to the president's speeches. And a damaging new report about Democrat Senator Ruben Gallego of Arizona alleging affairs with congressional staffers and raising new questions about what else may be out there. All that and more coming up in just a moment on your AM Update.

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**Emily Jashinsky** (2:57)
President Trump delivering a primetime address last night, focused on what he describes as serious vulnerabilities across the nation's election systems. The president speaking for nearly half an hour from the White House, outlining several areas he argues leave US elections exposed to foreign interference and illegal voting.
Mr. Trump, beginning with the announcement that his administration is releasing previously classified intelligence collected by the new White House task force.

**Donald Trump** (3:23)
This evidence shows that the election system we have dangerously exposes and really exposes like levels never thought possible to hacking, exploitation and foreign interference. Just as disturbingly, this vital information has for many years been covered up and hidden from you. The American people are beautiful, are great American people. But that all changes right now. The documents we will release starting tonight have been gathered by the White House government transparency task force. You can see these documents for yourself at WhiteHouse.gov.
That's WhiteHouse.gov. Go check it out.

**Emily Jashinsky** (4:10)
The president organizing the newly released Intel into what he called, quote, five major areas of concern, beginning with an alleged Chinese breach involving personal information of hundreds of millions of American voters.

**Donald Trump** (4:22)
Over a period of years, starting during the 2020 election cycle, the People's Republic of China carried out what is believed to be the largest compromise of election data in history, resulting in China's illicit acquisition of 220 million US voter files. That information includes names, addresses, phone numbers, political party preferences and other sensitive data that would be needed to register to vote and engage in other nefarious activities, which is exactly what was happening.
This data loss presents an unprecedented election security nightmare.

**Emily Jashinsky** (5:05)
President Trump adding that raw intelligence obtained by the FBI in 2020 alleged China attempted to manufacture illegal ballots for Joe Biden while accusing officials inside the intelligence community of suppressing reports about Beijing's activities and withholding them from his presidential briefings. Mr. Trump turning next to a Department of Homeland Security review, he says offers further evidence that weaknesses extend beyond foreign interference.