China rejects Trump’s claims of election interference as ‘pure fabrication’ – US politics live

Trump made unverified claims about Chinese interference in U.S. elections during a Thursday speech. China rejected the accusations as pure fabrication, and Democrats criticized the remarks as lies based on long-debunked conspiracy theories. Per The Guardian, Trump also renewed calls for the Save America Act, an expanded version of voting legislation that passed the House but stalled in the Senate previously. The bill would establish strict voter ID requirements, require states to regularly submit voter rolls to the Department of Homeland Security, and impose criminal liability on election officials who register voters without proper citizenship documentation.

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