‘China stole 220 million voter files, largest compromise’: Trump’s 5 claims on US election fraud

220 million US ​voter files involved: Trump said that since 2020 election, where he lost to Democrat Joe Biden, China carried out “illicit acquisition” of 220 million voter files. The information, according to Trump, included names, addresses, contact, political party preferences and other sensitive data.

.@POTUS: Put together, these disclosures reveal an election system so broken and vulnerable that NO ONE can possibly defend it.

— Hundreds of millions of U.S. voter files are in the hands of foreign governments.

— Our machines and ballot-counting systems are exposed to hacking… pic.twitter.com/Lj418EpSfk

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

‘Deep state’ involved: Trump claimed some “very famous group of people” were involved to “actively suppress and downplay information” about China’s election meddling. He said that the information regarding these members of the deep state would be revealed in the second group of documents.

Multiple elections ‘influenced’: The Chinese ‘meddling’ and election fraud was not restrained to the 2020 Presidential election, Trump claimed, adding that China influenced the mid-term election in 2018. He further said that the Chinese government strategy in 2019 was focused on “undermining domestic confidence”.

President Donald Trump speaks in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, July 16, 2026, in Washington. (Photo: AP)

China wanted Trump to lose: Trump claimed that the meddling in US elections were done to prevent him from winning polls. “China engaged in other election-related activities to undermine my first administration and 2020 campaign. They did not want… They fought like hell not to have it, Donald Trump to win, and for good reason,” Trump said. Citing a CIA report, he further claimed that the Chinese Communist Party’s policy in mid-2018 was to leverage all domestic and foreign elements that were opposed to the US President and an “effort to reduce the US President’s votes and make him resign or prevent his re-election.”

What released documents show: The Trump administration released the findings on “Election Integrity” website, spanning from January 2020 to June 2026. “We are releasing documents that show the CIA obtained reporting of a specific plot by the Maduro regime in Venezuela to do exactly that—conspiring to digitally rig their own country’s elections in 2020,” the website read. The documents have details about methods, voting processes, data security, and registration practices used by Beijing across multiple American states.

.@POTUS: Newly declassified documents show that over a period of years starting during the 2020 election cycle, the People’s Republic of China carried out what is believed to be the largest compromise of election data in history — resulting in China’s illicit acquisition of 220… pic.twitter.com/S6qudP0QoP

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

What China said

A spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in Washington told Reuters that Beijing “has never and will never interfere ​in the presidential elections of the US.” While speaking to CNN, the Chinese embassy spokesperson said, “China has never and will never interfere in the presidential elections of the US.”