Overview
- Reporting on July 16–17 identified Solomon, a newly appointed White House special government employee, as the principal author or major influence behind President Trump’s primetime address on voting-machine security and alleged foreign interference.
- White House officials have assigned Solomon to run a declassification task force that searches government records for material the administration views as evidence against perceived enemies.
- Solomon has a long record of producing contested or misleading narratives, including work tied to the 2019 Ukraine effort that House Democrats cited in impeachment findings and a later review by The Hill that added disclosures to his columns.
- U.S. intelligence and federal agencies have found no evidence that foreign actors changed vote outcomes in 2020, and officials warn that selectively released documents can be misleading when taken out of context.
- Even as he gains formal influence in the White House, some conservative outlets and influencers have publicly expressed skepticism about Solomon’s credibility, a sign of fissures in the right-wing media ecosystem.