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Trump accuses China of election meddling and large voter-data compromise
Trump said intelligence documents point to election-infrastructure vulnerabilities, including “hacking, exploitation, and foreign interference.”
In a nearly 30-minute White House prime-time address, President Donald Trump renewed accusations that China interfered in the 2020 US presidential race and orchestrated what he described as the largest compromise of election data in history.
Trump claimed the alleged data breach enabled the illicit acquisition of 220 million US voter files and said intelligence documents revealed “shocking vulnerabilities” in US election infrastructure that could leave it exposed to hacking, exploitation, and foreign interference.
Zheng Yongnian, a political scientist and adviser to Beijing, said the allegations were likely campaign rhetoric ahead of November midterm elections and that they were unlikely to materially affect the overall China-US relationship.
Zheng also argued Washington should focus on reforming US democracy itself, adding that if elections can be interfered with so easily, there must be something wrong with the electoral system and the wider democratic system.