Trump Accuses China of Interference In 2020 US Polls, Orders FBI Probe

US President Donald Trump has accused China of election interference in the 2020 polls in which he lost to Joe Biden.

"This evidence shows that the election system we have is dangerously exposed to hacking, exploitation, and foreign interference," the US President claimed in a televised prime-time address from the White House.

"For many years, I have called for bold, swift, and decisive action to protect the integrity of America's elections. Every American deserves to know that when they cast their vote, that vote will be counted accurately in a system that is secure-one where cheating and interference are not just difficult, but virtually impossible."

The US President stated that China had illicitly acquired 220 million US voter files in what was believed to be the history's "largest compromise" of election data, beginning during the 2020 election cycle.

According to Trump, the information includes names, addresses, phone numbers, political party preferences, and other sensitive data that would be needed to register to vote, and "engage in other nefarious activities". "This data loss presents an unprecedented election security nightmare. The intelligence even shows that China assigned a data exploitation unit specifically to this new project."

.@POTUS: In light of the brand new and irrefutable information I have revealed tonight, my administration is in the process of notifying states whose election data was compromised by the People’s Republic of China and others.

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— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) July 17, 2026

Trump said that he is directing the Directorate of National Intelligence and FBI to investigate the matter as his administration is set to declassify intelligence documents, which according to him, will show "shocking vulnerabilities" in the US election system.

Approximately 278,000 non-citizens are registered to vote in federal elections, according to the Department of Homeland Security's review of state voter rolls and public records.

"Since Democrat states refused to share their voter files, the real number is actually much higher than that," the US President said. Trump declared that the machines and ballot counting systems are exposed to hacking and manipulation and corruption in the US.

He claimed that the identified issues cannot be allowed to continue. "Every American, whether you're a Republican, Democrat, independent, or otherwise, should be able to agree that we deserve the most secure, honest, and fair election system anywhere in the world," he said. "We should be together, Democrats, Republicans, independents, everybody. And it should not be a partisan issue. It should cause to unite us, not to divide us."

Trump had similarly made allegations of China's interference in the 2020 elections. Interestingly, the National Intelligence Officer for Cyber's partially declassified files noted that Chinese intelligence officials analyzed voter registration data from multiple American states to conduct "public opinion analysis."

Over 60 lawsuits filed by Trump and his allies did not establish election fraud which could have changed the 2020 poll results.