Declassified National Intelligence Memorandum Shows US Adversaries Had Capability to Compromise US Election Infrastructure and Much More

Anewly declassified National Intelligence Council (NIC) memotitled “Vulnerabilities in U.S. 2020 Election Infrastructure” from January 15, 2020, was published byJust 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 fromJust 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.

JOHN SOLOMON: We now know as of this morning that the intelligence community UNANIMOUSLY ASSESSED in JANUARY AND FEBRUARY OF 2020 that America’s election infrastructure was HIGHLY VULNERABLE TO FOREIGN [email protected]/3o4jAsGvhv

— Bannon’s WarRoom (@Bannons_WarRoom)April 21, 2026

The memorandum includes several different segments of election infrastructure that are vulnerable to attack, including voter registration databases, pollbooks, and voting machines.

Source: The Gateway Pundit