A newly declassified National Intelligence Council (NIC) memo titled “Vulnerabilities in U.S. 2020 Election Infrastructure” from January 15, 2020, was published by Just The News. The memo was declassified by the Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, on March 16, 2026.
The concerns raised by the NIC were enough to warrant officials briefing President Trump in February 2020, a month after the report was released, according to reporting from Just the News.
The “Key Takeaway” from the memo states, “We assess that at least Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea have the capability to access and potentially manipulate data in U.S. election-related computer systems,” while acknowledging they were not aware of any “specific plans” to do so.
The report also acknowledges “nonstate groups” as having the capability to gain access to the critical infrastructure.
Chris Krebs, who was the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency at the time, infamously testified before Congress on November 12, 2020, that the 2020 election was “the most secure in American history”. This was a joint statement from the Election Infrastructure Government Coordinating Council (GCC) and the Sector Coordinating Council (SCC).
The GCC is made of key representatives of federal agencies and local election officials, but also includes non-governmental organizations such as the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) and the National Association of State Election Directors (NASED).
The SCC is made up of private sector counterparts such as Dominion Voting (now LibertyVote), Hart InterCivic, Democracy Works, ES&S, and ERIC.
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