Washington, DC: US President Donald Trump on Thursday announced investigations into what he described as a “Deep State” effort to suppress intelligence about China’s alleged interference in the 2020 US presidential election, while also releasing newly declassified intelligence assessments that he said reveal longstanding vulnerabilities in America’s election infrastructure.
In a national address on election integrity, Trump claimed that members of US intelligence agencies deliberately concealed information regarding China’s alleged election activities from both the President and Congress. He said the second set of declassified documents showed officials had “actively suppressed and downplayed” intelligence about what he called China’s “sinister election meddling.”
Trump alleged that US intelligence agencies discovered in 2020 that “tens of millions of voters’ data in 18 states had been bought, stolen, or hacked by China,” but failed to disclose the information to him or lawmakers. He criticized repeated assurances from officials that the 2020 election was “the most secure election in the history of our country.”
Citing CIA reporting contained in the released documents, Trump further claimed that the Chinese Communist Party sought to influence both the 2018 midterm elections and the 2020 presidential election by working through domestic and foreign actors opposed to him. He also alleged that China attempted to influence US business leaders and journalists, including efforts to financially encourage negative media coverage of his administration.
The President additionally claimed that FBI intelligence from 2020 indicated an attempt by China to manufacture illegal ballots for then-presidential candidate Joe Biden, alleging that the information was suppressed by what he described as “rogue bureaucrats.”
Trump said he has directed the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the Department of Justice, the FBI, and the CIA to investigate how and why the intelligence was allegedly concealed, identify those responsible, dismiss officials involved if warranted, and pursue criminal charges where appropriate.
According to information released by the White House, the administration alleges that China illicitly acquired approximately 220 million US voter files beginning during the 2020 election cycle, describing it as the largest compromise of election data in US history. The documents were released under the White House’s “Election Integrity” initiative, which says restoring confidence in elections is essential to preserving trust in American democracy.
Trump also unveiled a third set of declassified intelligence documents, which he said demonstrate that US officials had long been aware of vulnerabilities in the nation’s election infrastructure, particularly electronic voting machines and ballot-counting systems.
Quoting from a US Intelligence Community assessment, Trump claimed that Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, and non-state actors possess the capability to compromise US election infrastructure. He cited the assessment as identifying centralized election-related databases—including voter registration systems, electronic pollbooks, and official election websites—as particularly vulnerable to cyber exploitation that could disrupt election processes.
Calling the issue “a cyber threat aimed at the very heart of our democracy,” Trump said the administration was releasing intelligence findings covering the period from January 2020 through June 2026.
The President also claimed that the declassified material includes CIA reporting on an alleged Venezuelan government plot to digitally manipulate election results during that country’s 2020 elections. According to Trump, the intelligence described methods capable of digitally altering vote totals in ways that could evade detection during audits.
He argued that the findings underscore the need for urgent measures to ensure US election systems cannot be hacked or compromised in the future.
The White House said the declassified intelligence community assessments and related reports were released to demonstrate that the US government had long been aware of vulnerabilities affecting electronic voting machines, ballot-counting systems, voter registration databases, pollbooks, and official election websites. The documents span the period from January 2020 through June 2026. (ANI)
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