U.S. President Donald Trump sits behind an airport model as he makes an announcement about a $22.5 billion renovation of Washington Dulles International Airport with U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy (not pictured) in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 29, 2026. REUTERS/Kylie Cooper
President Donald Trump's assertions of a Chinese conspiracy to undermine the 2020 U.S. elections are collapsing under scrutiny, according to The Washington Post.
Twelve of the 15 states Trump identified as "compromised" in declassified documents reported they were never notified of any data breach.
Florida's Department of State explicitly stated its voter registration data "has not been hacked."
Declassified intelligence and state responses suggest China obtained voter data from non-governmental sources such as political parties and data compilation companies, not through hacking election systems.
Experts reviewing the evidence concluded these activities were aimed at intelligence gathering, not election interference.
Verified Voting chief Pamela Smith told the Washington Post, “They haven’t changed data. They haven’t modified data. They haven’t deleted data. They just have some data.”
This represents another fact-check failure for Trump's election fraud claims, following expert debunking during his primetime address announcing these allegations.
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