Trump campaign accuses UK’s governing party of election interference, igniting spat with US ally
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Donald Trump’s campaign has accused Britain’s governing party of “blatant foreign interference” in the US presidential election over a trip by its activists to help Vice President Kamala Harris’ bid, igniting a spat with one of Washington’s closest allies in the final stretches of the race.
Donald Trump’s campaign has accused Britain’s governing party of “blatant foreign interference” in the US presidential election over a trip by its activists to help Vice President Kamala Harris’ bid, igniting a spat with one of Washington’s closest allies in the final stretches of the race. A lawyer for the former president filed a complaint on Tuesday to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) against both the UK’s Labour Party and the Harris campaign, after a Labour staffer wrote a LinkedIn post advertising a trip to the US on which “nearly 100 Labour Party staff” members would campaign for Harris in four key swing states. Under FEC rules, foreign nationals are allowed to campaign for a US electoral candidate, but only “as an uncompensated volunteer.” The spat has the potential to sour relations between Trump and Britain’s prime minister, Keir Starmer, who has worked to remain neutral on the upcoming election. Starmer told reporters on Wednesday that any Labour Party staffers involved in the trip were there in a personal capacity, adding: “They’re doing it in their spare time, they’re doing it as volunteers, they’re staying, I think, with other volunteers over there.” “That’s what they’ve done in previous elections, that’s what they’re doing in this election and that’s really straightforward,” Starmer said.
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