The White House Government Transparency Task Force, established by President Trump in May 2026, today announced 

the first public release

 of declassified U.S. Intelligence Community records revealing large-scale compromise of American voter data by the People’s Republic of China (PRC).

According to the declassified materials, the PRC compromised voter registration rolls from at least 18 states. The states explicitly identified in the released documents are: Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, and Rhode Island. President Trump is notifying Congressional leadership and officials in the affected states about the vulnerabilities in their election infrastructure.

In addition, intelligence records show that the PRC compromised more than 200 million voter records nationwide. These records are not all tied to specific states in the released documents.

The disclosures come from records declassified last week under President Trump’s direction. Many of the documents originate from 2020 assessments and internal Intelligence Community coordination.

Key findings from the declassified 2020 National Intelligence Council (NIC) assessment (August 19, 2020):

  • China preferred that then-President Trump be defeated and had increased public rhetoric critical of his administration in the months before the election.
  • Beijing conducted online influence activities and collected derogatory information about U.S. public officials.
  • PRC actors carried out cyber operations, including opportunistic intrusions against U.S. private-sector entities, to collect information on political candidates, campaigns, donors, and voter data.
  • The IC assessed that China did not intend to directly manipulate the presidential election outcome on a large scale, calculating that such an effort could backfire and offer uncertain benefit. The focus was assessed to be on data collection and influence rather than direct interference with voting processes or results.

Internal IC emails from October 2020 show analytic debates. One alternative analysis from the National Intelligence Officer for Cyber and others assessed that Beijing had taken “low-level, exploratory steps” to denigrate President Trump and shape voter perceptions, while including a mainline view text box for balance. The mainline assessment emphasized data collection and influence activities without intent for direct election manipulation.

Additional declassified documents cover PRC analysis of U.S. voter registration information across multiple states, collection of voter and military-related data, and indications of continued PRC targeting of U.S. election-related data into 2023 in preparation for the 2024 election cycle.

These releases provide concrete evidence of the scale of PRC access to sensitive U.S. voter infrastructure and personal data in the lead-up to the 2020 election, consistent with broader foreign threat assessments that also covered Russia and Iran activities. The documents highlight ongoing vulnerabilities in election-related systems and the long-term collection efforts by the PRC.

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