Politics
NEW: Tulsi Gabbard Drops Electronic Voting System Bombshell: ‘We Have Evidence’
On Thursday morning, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard revealed her office has uncovered evidence of long-standing vulnerabilities in electronic voting systems that could allow hackers to manipulate election results.
“We have evidence of how these electronic voting systems have been vulnerable to hackers for a very long time and vulnerable to exploitation to manipulate the results of the votes being cast,” Gabbard said during a Cabinet meeting at the White House.
Gabbard, confirmed earlier this year despite bipartisan skepticism over her intelligence background and foreign policy positions, didn’t mince words in calling out what she described as systemic flaws in America’s electoral infrastructure.
“We’ve got a long list of things that we’re investigating. We have the best of the best going after this,” she said. “Election integrity being one of them.”
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Her remarks come just one day after President Trump ordered the Department of Justice to investigate former CISA director Chris Krebs for his handling of the 2020 election, signaling a dramatic escalation in the administration’s push for election integrity.
The former congresswoman from Hawaii didn’t specify which electronic voting systems were under scrutiny, nor did she name vendors or jurisdictions. But she made it clear that the findings bolster the Trump administration’s renewed push for nationwide paper ballots.
The bombshell adds urgency to President Trump’s efforts to overhaul federal election systems ahead of November’s midterms and the 2028 general election. For many Trump supporters, Thursday’s announcement marks a vindication of long-held suspicions about electronic voting systems, which have been the subject of widespread concern and heated political debate since 2020.
Just months into her tenure, Gabbard has emerged as one of the administration’s most outspoken advocates for transparency. In addition to targeting electronic voting, she has also pledged to release long-withheld files related to the assassinations of Robert F. Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
On Thursday, Gabbard also revealed that a team of over 100 people has been working non-stop to digitize records tied to the assassinations and the investigations that followed.
“These have been sitting in boxes in storage for decades,” she told President Donald Trump, seated just feet from Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “They have never been scanned or seen before. We’ll have those ready to release here within the next few days.”
Trump nodded and responded, “That’s great,” before turning toward RFK Jr., the son of the late senator.
“Bobby, how do you feel about that?” Trump asked.
“I’m very gratified,” RFK Jr. responded.
“That’s hitting close to home,” Trump said. “I’m thinking about Bobby when that statement was made.”
RFK Jr. echoed his appreciation once more, telling Trump he was “very grateful.”
Trump then addressed Gabbard directly: “And you let Bobby see some of this because, you know, it’s very personal stuff. But it’s time.”
Gabbard confirmed she had spoken with RFK Jr., saying he told her the “world needs to know the truth.”
