US officials suggest possible developments in Russia and China in the upcoming elections
U.S. federal officials warned ahead of the November midterm congressional elections that Russia is working to increase doubts about the integrity of the U.S. election, while China is interested in undermining U.S. politicians, meeting with defense interests in Beijing during the meeting.
Unclassified recommendations from major intelligence agencies obtained by The Associated Press say China is likely engaging in separate election campaigns to “obstruct candidates who are perceived as particularly hostile to Beijing.”
In advisories sent to state and assembly officials in mid-September, intelligence officials said they believed Beijing saw less risk of meddling in the midterm congressional elections than in the presidential election.
Despite the fact that officials say they have not identified any detections of the electoral electoral infrastructure in the US, identifications of detections of peak campaign detections in which an increasing number of detections and identifications of detections of distrust in the democratic processes in the country.
Russia is blowing up divisive topics already circulating on the Internet, including issues of U.S. election integrity but with no content of its own, said a senior FBI official who spoke to reporters on condition of anonymity.