{
  "id": 17293902,
  "title": "US Democrats prepare to counter any Trump claim of foreign meddling in midterms",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/us-democrats-prepare-to-counter-any-trump-claim-of-foreign-meddling",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-30T21:53:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/us/us-elections/article/3372799/us-democrats-prepare-counter-any-trump-claim-foreign-meddling-midterms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Senior Democrats from the House and Senate Intelligence Committees are gearing up to examine and respond to any allegations made by President Donald Trump regarding foreign interference in the upcoming midterms, even though they claim to have found no evidence of such interference. Democrats currently lead in polls by eight points in the race for Congress control. Recently, Trump singled out China in a July prime-time address, alleging Beijing interfered in the 2020 election, a claim he could not substantiate. The House Intelligence Committee's top Democrat, Representative Jim Himes, affirmed on October 27 that the committee has seen no evidence contradicting the intelligence community's longstanding assessment that no adversary has interfered with the physical infrastructure or vote counting of US elections. In a briefing, Himes stated their assumption is that Trump will not accept the election results and will challenge them. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the CIA have both confirmed they are available to the committees on an \"around-the-clock\" basis. While Trump has stated he will accept the results, he added, \"We don't want cheating.\" The Office of the Director of National Intelligence did not comment on election interference, but a White House official cited task force findings on China's \"illicit acquisition\" of voter files and Chinese-made parts in voting machines. The intelligence community's 2021 assessment concluded that China did not attempt to influence the 2020 presidential election outcome.",
  "summary": "Top Democrats on the US congressional intelligence committees say they are preparing to check and respond to any claim by US President Donald Trump that foreign powers interfered in the November 3 midterm elections, even though they say they have seen no sign of any country interfering with voting or vote counting. The concern comes as Democrats lead by eight points among likely voters in the…",
  "key_points": [
    "Democrats prepare to investigate Trump's foreign meddling claims",
    "No evidence found of foreign interference in US elections",
    "Intelligence community available for committee's review"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}