Exclusive: New Records Reveal Trump Administration’s Secret Voter Data Deal with Election Denial Group

Newly released records obtained by Democracy Forward and shared exclusively with Democracy Docket reveal a troubling paper trail of the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) secretly coordinating to share sensitive voter information with an outside political group dedicated to election denial.

The heavily redacted documents include emails and a signed data-sharing agreement detailing plans to transfer voter rolls for analysis aimed at finding fraudulent votes and overturning election results in key states. One email from the outside group boasts about spending “extensive time analyzing specific elections” and eagerness to share “data and theories” — a clear signal that this was no neutral fact-finding mission but a politically motivated effort to undermine democracy.

Democracy Forward President Skye Perryman condemned the administration’s ongoing secrecy. “The Trump-Vance administration continues to hide what it is doing with Americans’ personal data, who it has unlawfully shared it with, and why,” Perryman said. “We will not stop until we know exactly how far this unlawful assault on our privacy, and potential threats to free and fair elections, go.”

The records also reveal potential violations of the Hatch Act, a federal law prohibiting government employees from engaging in partisan political activity during work. This suggests Trump administration officials may have used their official positions and government resources to advance a political agenda rather than serve the public.

Despite these revelations, key details remain obscured. The government has blacked out the names of most individuals involved and the identity of the outside group remains secret. This cloak of secrecy persists even as a federal appeals court has described the government’s conduct as “alarming” and ordered further review of the case.

This lawsuit is part of a larger legal battle over DOGE’s access to highly sensitive Social Security data, including Social Security numbers, financial records, and medical information of millions of Americans. A district court recently allowed discovery to proceed, meaning plaintiffs can now demand internal government documents and communications that could shed more light on this shadowy operation.

What is clear from these documents is that the Trump administration knowingly facilitated the sharing of private voter data with partisan actors intent on destabilizing democracy. As this case unfolds, more details are likely to emerge, exposing the full extent of this assault on privacy and electoral integrity.

We will keep tracking this story and others like it because accountability is non-negotiable. When government officials weaponize our personal information to undermine elections, democracy itself is at stake.