{"id":2608316,"date":"2026-05-29T15:09:49","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T19:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/icymi-docs-reveal-2020-efforts-to-hide-intel-from-trump-that-showed-china-meddled-to-help-biden\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T15:13:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T19:13:06","slug":"icymi-docs-reveal-2020-efforts-to-hide-intel-from-trump-that-showed-china-meddled-to-help-biden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/icymi-docs-reveal-2020-efforts-to-hide-intel-from-trump-that-showed-china-meddled-to-help-biden\/","title":{"rendered":"ICYMI: Docs Reveal 2020 Efforts to Hide Intel from Trump That Showed China Meddled to Help Biden"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ficymi-docs-reveal-2020-efforts-to-hide-intel-from-trump-that-showed-china-meddled-to-help-biden%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2608316&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The text is an excerpt from a news article claiming that intelligence officials withheld or downplayed evidence of foreign interference in the 2020 U.S. election. It argues that just as criminals might steal credit card data from gas pumps, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pennsylvania-department-of-state-tells-counties-not-to-allow-outside-access-to-voting-systems\/\" title=\"Pennsylvania Department of State Tells Counties Not To Allow Outside Access to Voting Systems\">electronic voting systems<\/a> could effectively \u201csteal\u201d votes, and it cites claims that Dominion-machine voting increased results for Biden and other Democrats by 3%-5% (as attributed to Sidney Powell and election \u201cexperts\u201d).<\/p>\n<p>The article then reports that whistleblowers and intelligence memos (as described by Just the News) allege China gained access to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/politico-warns-of-hackers-undermining-midterms-after-mocking-security-concerns-in-2020-election\/\" title=\"Politico Warns of Hackers Undermining Midterms After Mocking Security ... in 2020 ...\">voter registration databases<\/a> in multiple states in 2020-claims said to be based on documents reviewed by the outlet. It further describes allegations that concerns about foreign interference were omitted from key intelligence briefings, not included in the president\u2019s Daily Brief, or suppressed from congressional oversight, and it suggests CIA officials tried to prevent records related to these issues from being altered or acknowledged.<\/p>\n<p>It also says U.S. intelligence issued warnings that voting infrastructure could be compromised and that voter registration databases were vulnerable, wiht officials reportedly briefing President Trump directly in early 2020.The excerpt concludes by mentioning that in early January 2021, John Ratcliffe signed a letter arguing that the minority view supported the conclusion that China sought to influence the 2020 elections.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>If a gas station pump can steal your <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >credit card information\u2026 electronic voting equipment<\/a> can steal your vote.<\/p>\n<p>To <em>most<\/em> Americans\u2026 it\u2019s as simple as that.<\/p>\n<p>So when Director of National Intelligence <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tulsi-gabbard-uncovers-treasonous-conspiracy-within-obama-admin-releases-bombshell-documents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tulsi Gabbard<\/a> says she has new evidence showing intelligence officials withheld information about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/documents\/2018\/09\/14\/2018-20203\/imposing-certain-sanctions-in-the-event-of-foreign-interference-in-a-united-states-election\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">foreign interference<\/a> in the 2020 election, and that intelligence memos show China accessed several state voter registration databases\u2026 at this point the American people are thinking to themselves, <em>\u201cSounds about right!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Sidney Powell and election experts identified that the vote for Biden and other Democrats were 3% to 5% overall greater wherever Dominion machines were used.<\/p>\n<p>Powell states that judges had prewritten statements ready to read and denied to look at any evidence of election fraud,\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/76pXA2pUMK\">pic.twitter.com\/76pXA2pUMK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The SCIF (@TheSCIF) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheSCIF\/status\/2060180084934185210?\">May 29, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/politics-policy\/elections\/dni-gabbard-uncovered-evidence-congress-and-trump-misled-china-and\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Just the News<\/a> reported that whistleblowers and unclassified memos cite evidence that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/microsoft-discovers-chinese-election-interference-efforts-aimed-damaging-republican-candidates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">China<\/a> may have gained access to between 12 and 18 states\u2019 voter registration databases in 2020 alone.<\/p>\n<p>The article described efforts to suppress whistleblower complaints from the former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/larry-johnson-the-cia-has-become-the-kgb\/\" title=\"Larry Johnson: The CIA Has Become the KGB\">national intelligence officer<\/a> for cyber, Christopher Porter, about the extent of China\u2019s malicious election activities.<\/p>\n<p>The article stated:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The ODNI is currently in possession of allegations made by one or more intelligence officers arguing that foreign interference efforts by China were de-emphasized or omitted entirely from final analytic assessments, kept out of the President\u2019s Daily Brief, or PDB, or hidden from congressional oversight, according to documents reviewed by Just the News.<\/p>\n<p>These actions within the IC were taken in an alleged effort to undercut Trump\u2019s 2020 reelection campaign and resist his China-related policies, according to the memos reviewed by Just the News.<\/p>\n<p>One  in the possession of ODNI allegedly states that an intelligence agency planned to massage one particular presidential briefing document meant for Trump to dodge the mention of election influence concerns despite raw intelligence reporting on the subject.<\/p>\n<p>The memos also point to s showing alleged attempts by certain CIA officials to cover up election influence efforts by China and to push a CIA analyst to change a federal record about an agency meeting where CIA officials purportedly hinted that China-related evidence was being held back to avoid helping Trump in the 2020 race.<\/p>\n<p>The memos also chronicle concerns about the handling of congressional briefings on foreign interference and Chinese interference attempts in 2020. The warnings raised and then purportedly suppressed inside the IC in 2020 also included concerns about vulnerabilities tied to Venezuela-linked election infrastructure, the documents state.<\/p>\n<p>Months before the 2020 presidential election, U.S. intelligence issued a secret but stark warning that foreign adversaries had the capability to \u201ccompromise\u201d America\u2019s voting infrastructure and raised specific concerns about the vulnerability of voter registration databases that later would be penetrated by China and Iran, a recently declassified memo obtained by Just the News also showed.<\/p>\n<p>The National Intelligence Council\u2019s concerns were so extensive that officials personally briefed Trump at the White House in February 2020, according to photos obtained by Just the News showing top CIA, FBI, and Homeland Security officials joining with NIC analysts to inform the president.<\/p>\n<p>But the American public was never fully alerted, even after evidence emerged that China had gained access to voter registration data in multiple states.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The article ended by sharing that in early January 2021, then-Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe signed an unclassified letter stating that \u201cfrom my unique vantage point as the individual who consumes all of the U.S. government\u2019s most sensitive intelligence on the People\u2019s Republic of China, I do not believe the majority view expressed by the Intelligence Community analysts fully and accurately reflects the scope of the Chinese government\u2019s efforts to influence the 2020 U.S. federal elections.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ratcliffe went on to say, \u201cI am adding my voice in support of the stated minority view \u2014 based on all available sources of intelligence, with definitions consistently applied, and reached independent of political considerations or undue pressure \u2014 that the People\u2019s Republic of China sought to influence the 2020 U.S. federal elections.\u201d<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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