Trump accuses Russia — Kremlin responds immediately

Earlier today, the White House released a set of declassified documents concerning possible Chinese interference in U.S. elections, vulnerabilities in the electoral system, allegations regarding non-U.S. citizen voters, and previous U.S. intelligence assessments of foreign influence.

The White House said the documents highlight security weaknesses in the U.S. electoral system ahead of the upcoming congressional elections, while stressing that their release is not intended to reopen disputes over past election results but to strengthen the protection of the electoral process.

At the same time, administration officials claimed that some of the information had not been made available to senior U.S. officials for years, CNN reported.

According to the documents, U.S. intelligence agencies had previously assessed that Russia, China, Iran and North Korea possess the capability to access certain election-related databases, including centralized voter registration systems and voter rolls.

According to the Just Security website, the U.S. intelligence community's 2017 assessment concluded that Russia conducted an influence campaign during the 2016 presidential election, but found no evidence that Russian activities altered vote totals.

A later bipartisan report by the Senate Intelligence Committee found extensive Russian activity targeting U.S. election infrastructure but found no evidence that votes were changed or that voting machines were manipulated. A similar conclusion was reached in the 2021 intelligence assessment covering the 2020 election.

That report stated there was no evidence that any foreign actor attempted to alter voter registration, voting, vote counting or the reporting of election results.

According to the assessment, Russia sought to undermine the reputation of former U.S. President Joe Biden while supporting Donald Trump.