U.S. President Donald Trump said on the night of the 16th (local time) that digital elections are vulnerable to hacking, claiming that during the 2020 U.S. presidential election a large trove of voter information was illegally obtained.
At the White House in Washington that day, President Trump said, "It was collected by the excellent personnel of the White House's Government Transparency Task Force (TF) and staff of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board, and with the support of the heads of top intelligence agencies, I personally reviewed the findings of this investigation," conveying the details.
He added, "We are releasing a series of U.S. intelligence community assessments and other reports that were previously classified," and said, "These reports prove that our government and all (voting-related) machines are extremely exposed to attack." He continued, "As one assessment (report) noted, we judge that at a minimum, U.S. adversaries including Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea, as well as non-state actors, have the capability to compromise America's election infrastructure."
He also said, "According to a review by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) of federal election voter rolls, 278,000 non-citizens are registered as voters," adding, "If you examine the entire United States, the actual number appears to be higher. Taking into account mail-in voting and election vulnerabilities, it could reach into the hundreds of thousands or even the tens of millions."
Along with this, President Trump urged Congress to swiftly pass the "Save America (SAVE America) Act," which would mandate photo voter identification and proof of citizenship.