Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump dances for supporters after a rally at East Carolina University on October 21, 2024 in Greenville, North Carolina.
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Donald Trump’s campaign has condemned “blatant foreign interference” in the US presidential election after volunteers from British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labor Party traveled to the US to support Kamala Harris’ campaign.
The campaign filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission in Washington, calling for an immediate investigation into “clearly illegal foreign contributions made by the British Labor Party and accepted by Ms. Harris as a presidential candidate.” Ta.
The complaint cites media reports and a now-deleted LinkedIn post by Sofia Patel, head of activities at the British Labor Party, in which she said she had recruited “nearly 100 current and former Labor Party members” to support Harris’ election. The official wrote that he plans to travel to the United States in the coming weeks. , Democratic Vice President.
“Those looking for foreign interference in our elections need look no further. [the] “Interference is clearly occurring,” the complaint said in the LinkedIn post.
The center-left Labor Party, which considers the US Democratic Party to be a sister party, won power in July. Mr Starmer has since sought to build a relationship with Mr Trump, meeting at Trump Tower during a visit to New York in September.
Mr Starmer, who was on a plane to Samoa, told reporters he did not expect the accusations to strain relations with Mr Trump if he won the November 5 election, and said he did not expect the accusations to strain his relationship with Mr Trump. added that he has been to almost every U.S. election.
“I think they’re doing it in their spare time, they’re doing it as volunteers, and they’re staying with other volunteers over there,” he said.
“That’s what they’ve done in past elections, and that’s what they’re doing in this election, and it’s a no-brainer.”
