BEIJING (TNND) — China on Friday rejected President Donald Trump's accusations that Beijing interfered in the 2020 election, calling the allegations "entirely fabricated and aimed at vilifying" the country.
China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian urged the Trump administration to stop making what he described as "groundless accusations."
"We have no interest in interfering in U.S. elections and have never done so," Lin said during a daily briefing in Beijing.
Asked whether the accusations could affect Chinese President Xi Jinping's planned visit to the United States in September, Lin replied: "As I just said, we urge the U.S. to stop making an issue of China in its elections and do something conducive to China-U.S. relations."The comments came after Trump claimed during a primetime address Thursday night that he was declassifying and releasing "critical intelligence revealing shocking vulnerabilities in our election infrastructure."
Trump said newly released documents posted on the White House website show China carried out what he called the largest compromise of election data in history, beginning during the 2020 election cycle and resulting in the illicit acquisition of 220 million U.S. voter files.
The president also alleged the federal government covered up the known interference, saying U.S. intelligence agencies learned about the compromise of voter registration files in 2020 but failed to inform him or Congress of the alleged threat.
Trump further claimed China sought to undermine his first administration, influence his 2020 campaign and interfere in the 2018 midterm elections.
He said he has ordered federal investigations into "how and why such crucial information was hidden."
Trump also used the allegations to renew his push for election security legislation, urging Congress to pass the SAVE America Act, which would require proof of citizenship to register to vote and photo identification to cast a ballot.
Casey Burgat, legislative affairs program director at George Washington University, told The National News Desk via email that the 2020 election has already been investigated, audited, recounted and litigated through more than 60 court cases, none of which found evidence of widespread fraud that would have changed the outcome.
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