Multiple news outlets published excerpts and summaries from a draft of the speech from earlier in the day. | Getty Trump speech draft leaks hours in advance

Donald Trump's speech may have lost the element of surprise Thursday.

Multiple news outlets, including POLITICO and The New York Times, published excerpts and summaries from a draft of the speech from earlier in the day.


Correct the Record, a pro-Hillary Clinton super PAC, blasted out the full text of the remarks to reporters, drawn from a teleprompter script.

"So as if this convention hasn't been enough of a failure for Trump, somehow he let US get ahold of his full remarks before the speech," said Brad Woodhouse, president of Correct the Record, in the email. "Enjoy - we will be sending out our analysis of his lies before the speech so you can watch something else if you like."

With the benefit of having the draft several hours before Trump's speech, the group also posted an advance fact check. "Check it out," Clinton press secretary Brian Fallon tweeted, including a link to the page.

POLITICO has published the full speech draft as well, available here.

A spokesman for the Trump campaign did not immediately return a request for comment to POLITICO. The Times reported that a spokesman "confirmed that the text represented a draft of his speech, but would not confirm if it was the most current iteration of the address." Shortly before 6:30 p.m., the campaign released excerpts of Trump’s address that match the leaked draft.