US poll system broken, China committed 2020 election fraud: Trump

U.S. ⁠President Donald Trump ​said on ‌Thursday that China ‌carried ⁠out ⁠what is believed to be "the ​largest compromise of ​election data in history" ⁠by ⁠China starting ⁠during the ​2020 election cycle. The ​compromise, ⁠the White House said, ⁠resulted in China's acquisition of 220 ⁠million U.S. voter files. "This data loss presents an unprecedented election security nightmare," ⁠Trump said. "This data loss presents an unprecedented election ​security nightmare," Trump said. More than 60 lawsuits by Trump and his allies produced no ruling establishing fraud capable of changing the outcome of the 2020 election, while recounts, audits, and his own Justice Department found none.  Trump claimed that the Chinese government sought to pay American journalists to publish more negative stories about him in an effort to influence US public opinion ahead of an election. According to Trump, Beijing allegedly identified reporters who had written critically about him and offered them large sums of money to produce additional negative coverage. He further claimed that the Chinese government wanted him to lose the election.

.@POTUS: Newly declassified documents show that over a period of years starting during the 2020 election cycle, the People’s Republic of China carried out what is believed to be the largest compromise of election data in history — resulting in China’s illicit acquisition of 220… pic.twitter.com/S6qudP0QoP

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Trump claimed that a US intelligence assessment concluded adversaries including Russia, China, Iran, North Korea and non-state groups have the capability to compromise American election infrastructure. Reiterating his longstanding criticism of electronic voting systems, Trump argued that voting machines are vulnerable to cyberattacks and again called for a return to paper ballots. A spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in Washington said Beijing "has never and will never interfere ​in the presidential elections of the U.S."