Trump refuses to release classified 2024 election interference report demanded by Congress

Donald Trump continues to withhold a classified intelligence assessment that outlines foreign interference in the 2024 election, despite congressional orders for its release. The undisclosed report reportedly notes meddling by Iran against Trump, Russian actions favoring Trump, and a dissenting minority view that China took limited steps to undermine him by gathering voter data. In a recent national address, Trump blamed China for election issues, echoing the report’s findings.

Former CIA official Larry Pfeiffer argued that any withheld intelligence must pass the same public-interest balancing test as disclosed material, accusing Trump of unprecedented weaponization of classification. The Justice Department has already secured indictments against Russian and Iranian actors, but the mandated public assessment remains absent. Representative Jason Crow has attached a funding-withholding provision to the intelligence budget reauthorization to compel the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to produce the report.