Just two months before a planned United States-China summit, President Donald Trump on Thursday made unverified claims that Beijing interfered in the 2020 election which he lost.
In an address to the nation, he said he was declassifying documents that showed election vulnerabilities and supported his claims that China had tried to sway the 2020 vote in Joe Biden’s favour.
Trump also used his speech to revive his repeated attacks on the integrity of US elections saying the electoral process was “catastrophically” short of standards of fairness and trust and vulnerable to foreign interference.
His comments come ahead of the November midterm ballot which polls suggest could see significant losses for his Republican party.
Trump accused China of the “illicit acquisition of 220 million US voter files” including personal information.
