White House task force aims to boost Trump’s election claims with declassified intelligence documents

The group includes a journalist and others from Trump’s first term. They have been quietly reviewing documents for months, sometimes late into the night, sources say.

WASHINGTON — A White House task force is gathering thousands of pages of documents from U.S. intelligence agencies, with plans to declassify some of them, which would give President Donald Trump an opportunity to amplify new accusations about past elections, three people familiar with the effort said.

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