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Investigative journalist John Solomon and former White House strategist Steve Bannon discussed newly reported foreign intrusions into U.S. election systems and potential legal consequences for state election administrators during an exchange focused on the ongoing debate over election integrity and the SAVE AMERICA Act.
Solomon said official assurances following the 2020 election did not match later-discovered evidence of foreign interference attempts.
“We were told by Chris Wray and other officials after the 2020 election, we had a perfect election. There were no major foreign intrusions or foreign attempted intrusions in the 2020 election,” Solomon said.
He added that his reporting later contradicted those claims.
“I pretty quickly debunked that about a year later, when I reported that Iran actually had hacked into a battleground states registration system and downloaded more than 100,000 identities and was using them eventually, two guys got indicted in Manhattan.”
Solomon described that incident as a significant breach, saying it directly conflicted with public statements made by federal officials at the time.
He then cited additional information involving China.
“Then we learned from Kash Patel a couple of months ago that China was sending driver’s licenses into the United States in 2020 and hopes that they could be used to create fake ballot registrations. That is a second, really significant intrusion,” he said.
According to Solomon, both incidents were not initially disclosed to the public and raise broader questions about election security.
He said he expects the President to receive new intelligence briefings soon.
“I believe that the President United States is soon going to be briefed by Tulsi Gabbard and other intelligence officials, based on my reporting about additional intrusions, significant, large scale intrusions, into various forms of our election system,” Solomon said.