US Election 2020: Biden rejects Trump aide's China claim, pitches Russia as biggest threat

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Friday, September 4 said t China, but Russia is most active nation seeking to influence domestic politics in United States.

Biden's remark comes as a push back against US Attorney General William Barr's statements, who had dubbed China as biggest threat to US election. former US vice president said on Friday that his intelligence briefings contradict Barr's assertions and that Russia still remains biggest player among those seeking to influence upcoming presidential election. 

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Biden said that re are many countries working to meddle in US election, but so far Russia is working hardest to seek favourable result.  Democratic candidate furr warned that re will be dire consequences for those who want to impact US election as it violates country's sovereignty. As per United States intelligence, China, Russia, and Iran are trying to interfere in upcoming race to White House. 

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China, Russia, Iran working to impact US poll?

As per analysis published by chief of National Counter-Intelligence and Security Center, Russia is working to delegitimise Biden's campaign, while China and Iran are working to undermine US President Donald Trump's re-election bid. It furr added that China views Trump as "unpredictable".

Earlier in day, White House National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien had also said that China is biggest threat to US election, reiterating Barr's statement. 

O'Brien, without providing details, said that China is running biggest programme to influence results of upcoming presidential poll in vember. O'Brien in August had said that Chinese hackers are targeting United States' election infrastructure with all sorts of things, from phishing to cyberattacks. China denied all allegations saying that it has interest in interfering in US election. 

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