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Virginia’s Mark Warner says speech was ‘just lies and long-debunked conspiracies’ Sign up for US News Breaking email Trump makes unverified claims of China ‘election meddling’ ⁠When asked about the unverified comments made by Donald Trump , who on Thursday accused China of interfering in the 2020 presidential election, the Kremlin said Russia has never interfered in US elections, Reuters reports. Kremlin spokesman ⁠Dmitry Peskov said ⁠on ​Friday that Moscow categorically ⁠rejected all ​allegations of past ​election ​meddling. Trump’s remarks were at odds with the conciliatory tone he has struck with Beijing since he travelled to China to meet Xi Jinping in May.

The Chinese president has been invited to Washington in September. A 2021 US intelligence community assessment concluded that no foreign actor, including China, attempted to alter any technical aspect of the 2020 voting process. The report said that while Russia had conducted influence operations aimed at denigrating Biden’s campaign, China did not deploy any interference efforts intended to change the outcome of the election. Continue reading...