Note: Single-source report; awaiting corroboration.
President Donald J. Trump has released newly declassified intelligence alleging that foreign adversaries, led by China, compromised U.S. voter data on a large scale and that U.S. election infrastructure remains vulnerable to hacking, according to a White House statement. The documents claim this intelligence was deliberately suppressed by officials for years.
The documents reportedly assess that, in addition to China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and others have capabilities to interfere with U.S. election processes. Evidence claims the Maduro regime in Venezuela developed methods to digitally alter vote totals undetectably, raising serious concerns for U.S. elections.
A key point presented is that China allegedly obtained personal data of about 220 million American voters, including names, addresses, phone numbers, and party affiliations during the 2020 election cycle. This is described as the largest known compromise of U.S. voter data in history. The statement asserts that intelligence agencies were aware of this breach in at least 18 states but withheld the information from both the President and Congress.
The statement further alleges that government elements withheld essential election-related intelligence from President Trump. One analyst reportedly admitted to deliberately omitting election information from the President’s Daily Brief, while an FBI official allegedly described running a 'shadow government' to prevent this information from reaching the President.
The response to these breaches is contrasted: when China obtained similar voter data from Britain, the Biden Administration reportedly imposed sanctions and brought criminal charges; when Iranian hackers accessed around 100,000 American voter files, indictments followed. However, the statement claims that when China obtained data on 220 million Americans, officials did not respond similarly.