Tell Congress: Investigate Trump's Election Hacking Scheme

Trump officials reportedly tried to secretly hack a voting machine — and send the findings straight to the White House. They even wanted to keep any security flaws they discovered hidden from the company that made it. Now, just two weeks before the midterms, Congress needs to find out what they were planning.

A bombshell ProPublica investigation reveals that political appointees at the Department of Homeland Security made the request to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) — the very agency responsible for protecting American elections from cyberattacks. Career cybersecurity officials resisted, and the scheme was never carried out.

But why were political appointees trying to secretly collect information about vulnerabilities in American voting machines? Who authorized the request? And what did they intend to do with the findings?

Tell Congress: Investigate Trump's reported election hacking scheme, expose who's responsible, and protect our elections before November 3.

The hypocrisy is staggering. Trump has spent years spreading fear about election security. Yet his own administration has been gutting the agency responsible for protecting American voting systems from hackers.

According to ProPublica, more than 1,000 CISA employees have been pushed out, slashing its workforce by roughly one-third. Federal cybersecurity assistance to state election officials has been cut back. And the administration has released sensitive information that states shared with federal officials under promises of confidentiality.

That leaves election officials facing cyber threats with fewer federal resources and less support. And it raises an outrageous question: Why is an administration claiming to protect our elections weakening their defenses while its political appointees reportedly pursue secret access to voting-machine vulnerabilities?

Americans deserve elections protected from hackers and political interference — not an administration collecting sensitive information behind closed doors while dismantling critical safeguards.

Congress shouldn't wait until its recess ends. Congressional committees must begin investigating immediately, demand records, and seek testimony from the officials involved. They must also press DHS to restore critical election-security assistance before voters head to the polls.

Add your name: Demand that Congress investigate Trump's reported election hacking scheme and take urgent action to protect our elections before November 3.

The petition to Congress reads:

“Immediately investigate the Trump administration's reported attempt to secretly hack a voting machine, preserve all relevant evidence, identify and hold responsible officials accountable, and demand that DHS restore critical federal election-security assistance before the November 3 elections.”