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Chinese interference in congressional polls puts US intelligence community to the test

Members of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party are prime targets for Chinese interference operations.
Members of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party are prime targets for Chinese interference operations. © Annabelle Gordon/CNP/MediaPunch/Reuters
In the run-up to the US presidential election on 5 November, China is targeting the election of 435 members of the House of Representatives and a third of the Senate on the same day. This will test the fragile relationship between the intelligence community and legislators, who are sceptical about the system that has been put in place. [...]
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