Trump Releases Intelligence Alleging Major Election Vulnerabilities

President Donald Trump announced Thursday the immediate declassification of intelligence he said reveals serious vulnerabilities in U.S. election infrastructure, including what he described as China’s illicit acquisition of 220 million American voter files.

In a televised address to the nation, Trump said the documents were gathered by the White House Government Transparency Task Force and the staff of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board, and that top intelligence agency chiefs personally reviewed the findings and “fully confirmed their authenticity.” He said the material would be posted at whitehouse.gov beginning Thursday night.

The claims in the address could not be independently verified from the speech itself, and Trump did not present the underlying documents during his remarks.

Our purpose in disclosing this information is not to weaken confidence in election, but to earn that confidence. — President Donald Trump

Five Sets of Documents

Trump said the release covers five areas. First, he alleged that starting in the 2020 election cycle, China carried out what he called the largest compromise of election data in history, obtaining 220 million U.S. voter files containing names, addresses, phone numbers and party preferences.

Second, he accused members of the intelligence community of hiding the breach. U.S. spy agencies learned in 2020 that voter data covering tens of millions of people in 18 states had been “bought, stolen, or hacked” by China, he said, but never told him or Congress. He cited an email in which analysts allegedly admitted they “deliberately massaged” the presidential daily briefing, and said one FBI official wrote that she was running “a shadow government” to keep the intelligence from becoming known.

Trump also said investigators recently found intact “burn bags” of documents from the Obama administration that were supposed to be incinerated. He attributed the lapse to “gross incompetence” rather than intent.

He said he has asked the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the Justice Department, the FBI and the CIA to investigate the alleged cover-up, fire those involved and file criminal charges “if appropriate.”

Third, Trump said the administration is publishing previously classified assessments, spanning January 2020 to June 2026, stating that adversaries including Russia, China, Iran and North Korea have the capability to compromise U.S. election infrastructure, with voter registration databases and poll books judged most vulnerable. He also described CIA reporting on a plot to digitally rig Venezuela’s 2020 elections in favor of the Maduro government in ways he said could not be detected by audit.

Fourth, he pointed to FBI files detailing alleged fraud by a voter registration operation in Muskegon, Michigan, in 2020. Some canvassers admitted to FBI agents that they signed forms in other people’s names, submitted registrations for people who did not exist and received gift cards tied to their application counts, according to the documents Trump described. He accused the Biden Justice Department of slow-walking the case and said he has asked the FBI director to fully investigate and work with prosecutors.

Fifth, Trump said a Department of Homeland Security review of state voter rolls and public records identified approximately 278,000 non-citizens registered to vote in federal elections. He asserted the true number is higher because, he said, Democratic-led states refused to share their voter files.

Orders and Legislation

Trump said his administration is notifying states whose election data was allegedly compromised and will help state and local officials patch known technical vulnerabilities before the midterm elections. The Homeland Security secretary will hold a briefing Friday on cyber vulnerabilities in electronic voting systems, he said, and DHS has been ordered to notify every state about non-citizens on voter rolls and direct their immediate removal.

He pressed Congress to pass the Save America Act, which he said would require photo identification and proof of citizenship for all voters and limit mail-in ballots to cases of illness, disability, military deployment or travel. He urged Americans to call their House and Senate representatives Friday to demand its passage.

Trump also criticized NBC and ABC, saying both networks declined to cover the speech, calling them part of “a plot” and arguing the refusal “should mean a revocation of their licenses.” As an example of what he called a broken system, he said California’s June 2 election for Los Angeles mayor and governor was not completed until July 10.

Earlier in the address, Trump touted his record, claiming the largest monthly inflation decline in more than six years, zero illegal border crossings admitted in 14 months, the lowest murder rate since 1900 and prescription drug prices falling as much as 90%.

“No trust, no greatness,” he said of election integrity. “It should cause to unite us, not to divide us.”