On Thursday night, President Trump declassified a mountain of intelligence documents about the 2020 election, releasing them straight to the public.
Let's take a look at what was in them.
Securing our elections is vital to preserving trust in American democracy.
Post-2020 concerns led to thorough examinations of voting systems, security, and registrations. Key documents and reports available below.
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China Got Your Info
According to the newly released documents, China pulled off what may be the biggest election data heist in history.
We're talking names, addresses, phone numbers, political affiliations, and other sensitive voter information for 220 million Americans.
Two hundred and twenty million.
The documents say Beijing didn't just stumble onto this data. Trump alleged China set up a dedicated team just to exploit it. Chinese officials, for their part, deny the whole thing.
Somebody Knew and Sat On It
Trump says intelligence officials knew about China's data grab back in 2020 and never told the American people. Not even the president.
The documents also expose a Michigan mess. Back in 2020, state police raided a get out the vote group in Muskegon after canvassers reportedly signed voter forms in other people's names and made up applications out of thin air, some allegedly trading marijuana and cash for the fake registrations.
The Biden Justice Department, according to Trump, slow walked that case until it quietly died.
Trump's now directing the FBI to finish the investigation and work with prosecutors on anyone who broke the law.
Noncitizens on the Rolls
The documents also point to a Homeland Security review that found somewhere around 278,000 people who may not be U.S. citizens registered to vote in federal elections.
Democrat controlled states reportedly refused to hand over their voter files for the review, so the real number could be even higher.
Machines That Could Be Hacked
On top of all that, the government released old intelligence assessments warning that voting machines and ballot counting systems have serious weaknesses.
One report bluntly states that Russia, China, Iran and North Korea all have the ability to mess with U.S. election infrastructure.
Not Everybody's Sold
Michigan's Secretary of State pushed back hard, insisting her state's elections are secure. Some reporters have also pointed out the documents mostly confirm known weaknesses rather than proving any election outcome was actually changed.
Still, the basic facts remain unchanged. Foreign countries had access to sensitive voter data. Fraud was found and buried. Machines have holes. And nobody bothered telling the public until now.
What This Means for Nevada
Nevada isn't a stranger to this fight. We've spent years digging through voter rolls, filing records requests, and taking election officials to court just to get straight answers about who's actually on the list to vote.
This national release backs up what a lot of folks in the Silver State have been saying for a while now.
Our voter rolls need a hard look, and secrecy has never once made an election more trustworthy.
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