Declassified documents show China paid journalists, influencers to bash Trump

Intelligence Reveals Massive China Election Interference Coverup

ATLANTA – More declassified communications released this month confirm those released in July showing China conducted massive, multi-faceted, U.S. election interference campaigns starting in 2018 or earlier, mostly against President Trump. Specifically, China and its nation state actors:

1. Breached at least 18 states’ voter rolls and 28 U.S. company web sites to mine the Personal Identifying Information (PII) of 220 million U.S. voters;
2. Shipped 20,000 fake U.S. drivers’ licenses into the U.S. for invalid 2020 voter registrations;
3. Illegally funneled money to congressional campaigns by using U.S. individuals as conduits;
4. Targeted email accounts of Executive Branch leadership, Congress and the federal judiciary;
5. Imposed tariffs on exports to China for U.S. sectors that favored President Trump;
6. Conducted a massive social media campaign to exploit divisions in U.S. society in a manner that denigrated President Trump;
7. Paid journalists, social media influencers and media contributors to write negative stories critical of President Trump;
8. Offered well-paid speaking engagements to think tank officials, academics, and former U.S. government employees in efforts to force them to lobby President Trump for reduced tariffs on Chinese imports;
9. Applied pressure to financial supporters of President Trump’s 2020 reelection campaign to coerce them into withdrawing or reducing their support.

Documents further show most of the U.S. intelligence community repeatedly denied these activities and falsely reported in late 2020: “Beijing has not employed influence efforts…” and “Beijing did not intend to affect the election.” They also reveal how U.S. intelligence officers admitted to “…running a shadow government…” and how their reports were  “…deliberately messaged…to avoid any direct links to the election.” VoterGA co-founder Garland Favorito added: “We have a national election security emergency that President Trump must rectify.”

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