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Documents obtained through a Judicial Watch lawsuit describe reviews of possible political bias, voting-system weaknesses, foreign influence and potential criminal referrals involving election security.
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Newly released Office of the Director of National Intelligence records contain claims that members of the U.S. intelligence community identified vulnerabilities in electronic election systems that foreign adversaries could exploit but withheld information about those weaknesses from the American public.
Judicial Watch said it obtained the records through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit after ODNI failed to respond to an April 2025 request for documents concerning electronic voting-system security.
The watchdog organization announced the disclosure after forcing the release of eight pages of ODNI records.
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The documents describe work by the Director’s Initiatives Group, or DIG, an ODNI task force conducting a broad review of election-related intelligence products, voting-system security and possible political influence within prior intelligence assessments.
Judicial Watch filed the federal lawsuit after the agency did not provide the requested records. The case, Judicial Watch Inc. v. Office of the Director of National Intelligence, was filed as No. 1:25-cv-03526.
An April 9, 2025, message containing proposed ODNI talking points said the task force had uncovered indications of bias and politicization within intelligence-community election-security assessments.
“The DIG [Director’s Initiatives Group] has uncovered indications of bias and politicization within the intelligence community’s election security assessments,” the ODNI press secretary wrote.
“Specifically, the DIG has uncovered indications that intelligence community [redacted] had identified election system vulnerabilities that could be exploited by our adversaries and proceeded to withhold or [redacted] this information from the American people.”
The proposed talking points also referred to a request from the director for unfiltered information.
“The Director in the meeting yesterday asked for the ugly truth hard-hitting information,” the message stated.
The document said the task force was working extensively to gather testimony and review records that could support the declassification of election-related intelligence products.
“The DIG is working overtime interviewing whistleblowers and reviewing documents necessary to declassify election related IC products,” the message stated.
A separate April 10, 2025, email chain sent to ODNI’s deputy chief of staff outlined three principal areas of work.
The email said the task force was reviewing election-related intelligence products, assessments and reports for possible political bias and the suppression of important intelligence.
It also said the group was conducting a new evaluation of voting-system security using advanced technology and cybersecurity specialists.
The third area involved supporting continuing Justice Department investigations connected to election security and interference.
“The DIG is conducting a broad review of all election related IC products, assessments, and reports for political bias and suppression of critical intelligence,” the email stated.
“The DIG is conducting a fresh assessment of voting systems security leveraging cutting edge technology and cyber experts.”
“The DIG is supporting on-going DOJ investigations with a nexus to election security and interference.”
The records also describe an ODNI inquiry into information released by the State Commission of Elections for Puerto Rico concerning Dominion voting machines.
According to the email, the task force was examining reports that machines produced hundreds of discrepancies in vote totals, reversed totals, undercounted votes or reported no votes for certain candidates.
“The DIG is pursuing an inquiry into open-source information from the State Commission of Elections for Puerto Rico that Dominion voting machines produced hundreds of vote total discrepancies, machines reversed totals, under counted votes, and/or reported zero votes for some candidates,” the message stated.
“This appears to be the best real-world example of Dominion voting machines doing exactly what the company claimed was impossible to do from a reputable state entity.”
The documents do not contain a final determination establishing that the machines intentionally altered election outcomes. They record the task force’s assessment that the Puerto Rico information warranted further examination and possible preservation of the equipment.
The email expressed urgency about obtaining access to the machines before evidence could be lost.
“It does not appear Dominion has a good excuse for what happened and we want to get our hands on the machines before potential evidence is erased,” the message stated.
“I feel this may be our best opportunity to document how election rigging ‘is’ occurring and then use that signature to walk back through IC records to search for the same fingerprints.”
The records further state that the task force met with U.S. Attorney Muldrow and his staff to coordinate support for Justice Department investigations.
“The DIG met with US Attorney Muldrow and his team today … to coordinate DIG support to on-going DOJ investigations looking specifically into foreign influence, election interference, counterintelligence, corruption, money laundering, and drug trafficking,” the email stated.
The task force planned to transfer relevant matters or submit criminal referrals through an FBI detailee assigned to the group.
“The DIG inquiries … will continue to conduct a proper hand-off and/or criminal referral to DOJ via our FBI detailee,” the document stated.
The records emerged after President Donald Trump issued a March 2025 executive order directing a review of electronic voting-system security.
The order instructed the Department of Homeland Security to examine the security of the systems used to administer elections.
During a White House Cabinet meeting in April 2025, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said electronic voting systems had long been susceptible to hacking.
“We have evidence of how these electronic voting systems have been vulnerable to hackers for a very long time, and vulnerable to exploitation to manipulate the results of the votes being cast,” Gabbard said.
Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton called on the Trump administration to release all legally available material concerning the task force’s findings.
“We urge the Trump administration to release any and all documents under law about its find on electronic voting machine vulnerabilities,” Fitton said. “Our democracy may be at stake!”
Judicial Watch has pursued election-related lawsuits involving voter rolls, ballot-counting rules and access to government records.
The organization says its election-law attorneys have challenged discriminatory election practices in Hawaii and helped remove outdated or ineligible registrations from voter lists in California, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and other states, among additional election-law efforts.
The Justice Department recently filed a motion seeking to intervene in a Judicial Watch lawsuit brought for a California political candidate and a state political party.
That case accuses California of failing to maintain accurate voter rolls as required under the National Voter Registration Act.
Judicial Watch filed the underlying federal lawsuit in May 2026 on behalf of the candidate and political party.
The organization says its lawsuits and other legal actions have resulted in six million ineligible registrations being removed from voter rolls nationwide.
Earlier this year, Judicial Watch also secured a Supreme Court ruling recognizing that candidates had standing to challenge ballot-counting rules involving late-arriving ballots.
In the 7-2 decision, the court held that Rep. Mike Bost and two presidential electors could challenge an Illinois law allowing ballots received as many as 14 days after Election Day to be counted.
The newly released ODNI records do not constitute final judicial findings or completed criminal investigations. They document internal allegations, investigative priorities and proposed talking points concerning possible voting-system vulnerabilities, foreign exploitation and the handling of election-security intelligence.
Judicial Watch is seeking further disclosure to determine what intelligence officials knew, what information may have been withheld and whether the task force’s reviews resulted in declassification, criminal referrals or additional federal investigations.
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