Tulsi Gabbard enacted a plan in Puerto Rico to research voting machines.
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Deadline: White HouseOct 20, 2026
Reuters and NBC News, both reporting in February 2026, confirm that Gabbard's Office of the Director of National Intelligence obtained and examined Puerto Rico's voting machines in 2025 to look for security vulnerabilities, which matches the claim.
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… End quote. You know, it's a great question, and obviously we're not in their heads, but, you know, we have seen the Trump administration's fixation on voting machines, you know, before and after this request, and in fact, we saw, you know, Telsey Gabbard essentially enact a pretty similar plan to this in in Puerto Rico, you know, a few months after CISA declined to do it. You know, we, in in that case, you know, the the research contractor basically didn't find the evidence of of some kind of smoking gun related to 2020 being rigged, and, and you know, as it's been …
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Supports. Reuters reports that a team working for Gabbard led a May 2025 investigation into Puerto Rico's voting machines, and that Gabbard's office confirmed the investigation.[1]
Supports. NBC News reports that ODNI obtained and examined electronic voting machines in Puerto Rico to look for possible security vulnerabilities, with the equipment voluntarily handed over by Puerto Rican authorities.[2]
Supports. The Washington Examiner and the Straits Times report the same ODNI seizure and examination of Puerto Rico's voting machines, which the ODNI described as an analysis of insecurities.[4][5]
Supports. The Atlantic and ProPublica-based coverage state that Gabbard's office obtained the Puerto Rico machines and tested them, and that the contractor Mojave Research found no evidence of tampering.[3][6][7]
Context. Reuters reports that the probe was tied to a claim of Venezuelan hacking, which ODNI denied, saying its focus was on vulnerabilities in the island's voting systems. This does not contradict the claim that the plan was to research the voting machines.[1]
Sources
7 sources: 1 fact-checker, 2 tier 2, 4 not rated
- 1US spy chief's office investigated voting machines in Puerto ...reuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports, context
- 2Tulsi Gabbard's office examined voting machines in Puerto Riconbcnews.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 3The Real Threat of Election Interferencetheatlantic.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 4US spy chief’s office investigated voting machines in Puerto Ricostraitstimes.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5Gabbard's office seizes voting machines from Puerto Ricowashingtonexaminer.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6Why Did DHS Want a Voting Machine Hacked and the Manufacturer Kept in the Dark?thepoliticalwillreport.substack.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 7More News Articlesgoldrushcam.com · not rated · cited for: supports
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