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July 30, 2026
Trump Claims China Engaged in Election Security Meddling
- President Trump stated that China acquired approximately 220 million U.S. voter files, claiming this poses an unprecedented election security threat.
- Newly declassified records reveal that while China analyzed voter information, there is no evidence it altered votes or infiltrated voting systems.
- Experts suggest that the data China accessed was largely publicly available, raising doubts about the extent of its impact on election interference.
3 Sources
- States cast doubt on Trump’s claim that China hacked their voter rollsJul 30, 2026 at 10:00 AM · Washington Post
- White House levels new allegation that China swept up voter dataJul 30, 2026 at 10:00 AM · CBS News
- Trump accused China of an 'election security nightmare' but then undercut his own warningJul 30, 2026 at 11:00 AM · Fox News