Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, an evening newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the campaign trail, the White House and Capitol Hill. In today’s edition, senior politics reporter Alex Seitz-Wald uncovers an effort by operatives linked to a GOP consulting firm to […]
(Bloomberg) — China made some attempts to interfere in the last two Canadian elections but did not affect the overall result or undermine the integrity of the elections, a public inquiry concluded. Most Read from Bloomberg “It is generally impossible to draw a straight line between a particular incident and the outcome of an election,” […]
Foreign interference is a “stain” on Canada’s electoral process and undermined the right to a system free from “coercion or covert influence”, a public inquiry has found. Its report also found that China “stands out as a main perpetrator” of such interference. The inquiry investigated meddling in Canada’s last two general elections, in 2019 and […]
Canada’s spy agency is under pressure after Justin Trudeau and his closest advisers say they were never made aware of a report that Beijing “clandestinely and deceptively” interfered in both the 2019 and 2021 federal elections. Canada is in the midst of a contentious public inquiry “examining and assessing” foreign interference by China, Russia, and […]
ATLANTA (AP) — A special prosecutor has been assigned to look into whether Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones should face criminal charges over efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election in the state. The Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia announced Thursday that its executive director, Pete Skandalakis, will handle the matter after Fulton County District […]
A busload full of Chinese high school students coerced into voting for a Liberal candidate. An opaque cash injection of thousands of dollars from China. A proxy agent of India’s government providing illegal financial support to pro-India politicians. These allegations and more surfaced during two weeks of testimony in Canada’s ongoing public inquiry into foreign […]
(Bloomberg) — Viktor Orban chided Western powers for “meddling” in the affairs of Bosnia-Herzegovina as the Hungarian prime minister received an award from a Russia-friendly Serb leader who has called for seceding from the Balkan nation. Most Read from Bloomberg Orban’s broadside, which was largely aimed at the High Representative, Christian Schmidt, comes two weeks […]
The Cabarrus County Board of Elections on Monday dismissed challenges by two primary candidates who alleged members of the local Republican Party unfairly influenced the outcome. The board voted 5-0 to dismiss the protest because there was no probable cause or enough evidence presented to determine state election law was violated, election board director Carol […]
Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser warned of the growing dangers posed by Russia’s hybrid warfare of traditional and cyber spying and accused the Kremlin of encouraging migrants to move to Western Europe. The Social Democratic (SPD) politician, in a story in Monday’s Süddeutsche Zeitung newspaper, said: “We are actually experiencing a new dimension of threats […]
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Moldova’s national intelligence agency warned Tuesday against “unprecedented” Russian interference as the country gears up for a referendum on joining the European Union and a presidential election. The Intelligence and Security Services, or SIS, released a report saying it has gathered data indicating Russia plans to launch vast hybrid attacks against […]
(Bloomberg) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said the nation’s case against Israel in a top United Nations court could result in foreign powers interfering with the outcomes of this year’s crucial election, where his party risks losing its majority. Most Read from Bloomberg The International Court of Justice on Friday said that Israel — […]
MOSCOW, Dec 29 (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin’s foreign intelligence chief said in a video released on Friday that Russia’s spies should make every effort to prevent any foreign meddling in the March presidential election. Putin announced this month, in comments made to soldiers, that he would run in the election – a step that […]