The White House announced the publication of a package of documents related to what US President Donald Trump described as “election integrity,” calling on Americans to view them through the official website of the presidency.
According to the White House, the package includes intelligence reports, investigative records, and security documents dealing with the security of voting systems, the hacking of voter data, and investigations related to voter registration in the state of Michigan, in addition to a review regarding the presence of non-citizens in voting records.
The documents, some of which date back to the period between 2020 and 2026, indicate that US election infrastructure, including electronic voting machines, vote counting systems, and voter databases, may be vulnerable to cyber attacks carried out by states or non-governmental entities.
According to the White House, voter registration databases, voting records, and official election websites are among the most vulnerable points to be targeted, with Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea accused of possessing capabilities that could be used in this area.
The documents included references to intelligence information related to the capabilities of the regime of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to digitally manipulate electoral results, considering that these data highlight the need to enhance the protection of American systems.
Large parts of the published files appeared redacted, after names and entire paragraphs were obscured with black lines, without the White House explaining the nature of the withheld information or the detailed reasons behind its non-publication.
The file related to China received the largest amount of documents, as Washington claims that Beijing has been able, since the 2020 election cycle, to illegally obtain about 220 million records of American voters, including names, addresses, phone numbers, and party affiliations.
The documents also accuse China of establishing a specialized unit to exploit this data, and say that hacks affected electoral data in 18 US states, while accusing former intelligence officials of underestimating the scale of the case and not informing the president and public opinion of its details.
In the Michigan file, the documents address an investigation conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation into voter registration operations during the 2020 elections, after a raid on a voter mobilization organization in the city of Muskegon on suspicion of irregularities.
According to the files, some workers admitted to signing forms with the names of other people and submitting applications to people who did not exist, in exchange for gift cards linked to the number of forms submitted.
The White House said that FBI investigators saw that possible crimes may have been committed, accusing the Department of Justice under former President Joe Biden of slowing down the investigation, while Trump announced that the current director of the office was assigned to complete the follow-up of the case.
The documents also included a review based on Department of Homeland Security data, and said it identified about 278,000 non-Americans registered to vote in the federal elections, noting that the real number may be greater due to the reluctance of some states to share their data with the federal government.
The documents called for tightening electoral laws, especially requiring proof of US citizenship, expanding the use of voter ID cards, and enhancing the security of electronic voting systems and registration databases.
On the other hand, the documents raised a wave of skepticism, as critics believed that they do not prove that fraud occurred that led to changing the results of the 2020 elections, and that they confuse attempts at foreign influence with direct manipulation of the ballot results.
Media reports also indicated that previous intelligence assessments and court rulings found no evidence that foreign interference changed the outcome of the 2020 US presidential election.
