Donald Trump uses presidential speech to allege China ran election influence effort
In a prime-time address, Donald Trump alleged that China conducted a massive influence operation to interfere with US elections and accused 'deep state' officials of covering up the breach. These claims contradict previous assessments by US intelligence agencies and follow a long history of the former president challenging election integrity.
Why it matters
The speech marks a significant escalation in rhetoric regarding foreign interference and domestic institutional trust ahead of midterm elections.
Donald Trump said China gathered data on voters and "deep state" officials downplayed the breach. ( Reuters: Saul Loeb/Pool )
US President Donald Trump has used a national address to outline a range of voter-fraud and election integrity allegations.
The new complaints include claims about a Chinese influence operation, which counter the "high confidence" assessment made by US intelligence agencies at the time.
Mr Trump has ordered intelligence and law enforcement agencies to investigate and charge officials who he blames for covering up the problems.
Link copied Share Share article Donald Trump has used an extraordinary prime-time speech to accuse "deep state" bureaucrats of hiding the truth about compromised US election systems and an alleged Chinese operation to influence American voters.
The US president, who has for years claimed without evidence that the 2020 election was "rigged", said he had declassified documents that would prove his new claims.
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