intelligence officials concluded Beijing did not use its well-developed influence machine to alter the results. In the newly declassified report, however, U.S. "China would love us to have an election where Donald Trump lost to sleepy Joe Biden," Trump said during a news conference last August. Trump, himself, also played up the notion China was seeking his defeat.
White House Defends Trump's Concerns About Mail-In Voting Other top officials were even more adamant about the threat from China. "Beijing recognizes its efforts might affect the presidential race." "China is expanding its influence efforts to shape the policy environment in the United States, pressure political figures it views as opposed to China's interests, and counter criticism of China," then National Counterintelligence and Security Center Director William Evanina said in a statement issued last July, 100 days before the election. Those findings contrast with earlier warnings from intelligence officials who spent months warning voters of the potential threats, specifically calling out efforts by China along with Russia and Iran. China policy regardless of the winner," the report stated. "China sought stability in its relationship with the United States, did not view either election outcome as being advantageous enough for China to risk getting caught meddling, and assessed its traditional influence tools - primarily targeted economic measures and lobbying - would be sufficient to meet its goal of shaping U.S. "We assess that China did not deploy interference efforts and considered but did not deploy influence efforts intended to change the outcome of the US Presidential election," the newly released ODNI report said, adding it had "high confidence" in its finding. While the assessment concludes no adversary managed to infiltrate critical systems or change how votes were cast, the conclusions on China could lead to new questions about how the intelligence was initially presented to the public. voters an overview of the threats and of their impact on American democracy. Initially completed and shared with the Trump administration in a classified form in January, the unclassified version, required by law, seeks to give U.S. President-elect Joe Biden is seen at a newsstand in Tehran, Iran, Nov. FILE - A newspaper with a front picture of U.S.
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