Officials debated White House push to declassify documents amid Trump campaign to sow election mistrust, sources say | CNN Politics

Trump administration officials have intensely debated the White House’s push to declassify certain documents related to alleged foreign interference in US elections, a move many see as part of a push by President Donald Trump to sow mistrust in the system and undercut his 2020 loss, according to three sources familiar with the matter. The declassification process is being run in part by the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board, led by former House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, sources said. Nunes is working with Kurt Olsen, the White House official who is spearheading broader efforts to try to re-investigate election results in 2020 and examine possible interference by foreign adversaries. John Solomon, a political commentator and journalist, also joined the White House last month to help review and declassify documents. Agencies involved in the process insisted they are working closely together. An ODNI official told CNN that Bill Pulte, the former housing official recently named as the acting director of national intelligence, has been closely coordinating with CIA Director John Ratcliffe on declassifying material ahead of Trump’s speech. A CIA spokesperso