President Donald Trump‘s intelligence chief, Tulsi Gabbard, ordered an investigation into voting machines in Puerto Rico last spring. The results completely contradicted the initial theory they were trying to prove. Gabbard’s Office of the Director of National Intelligence, or ODNI, confirmed they examined the electronic voting systems.
According to Reuters, three sources familiar with the events claimed the probe was trying to find evidence that Venezuela had hacked the machines. The investigation didn’t produce any clear proof of foreign interference in the U.S. territory’s elections. ODNI officials insisted the investigation’s focus was mainly on identifying general weaknesses in the island’s electronic voting systems, not specifically targeting Venezuela.
