Beijing – China on Friday dismissed allegations by U.S. President Donald Trump that Beijing interfered in the American elections and carried out what he called “the largest electoral data breach in history,” calling these accusations “fabricated and malicious slander with no basis in fact.”
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian told a news conference that the U.S. claims “have long been proven to be groundless.” Lin’s statement came after President Trump, on Thursday, accused China of orchestrating a mass data breach targeting U.S. election information. Trump also announced plans to declassify intelligence documents that he said reveal “shocking vulnerabilities” in the American electoral system.
In his Thursday night address from the White House, Trump claimed the People’s Republic of China had conducted a cyberattack since the 2020 election, enabling it to “illegally obtain files on about 220 million American voters.”
However, media reports from the United States pointed out that despite Trump’s repeated accusations regarding the 2020 election, he and his allies filed more than 60 lawsuits, none of which proved fraud that would change the outcome. Furthermore, Justice Department reviews and vote recounts yielded no evidence supporting these claims.