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Donald Trump Campaign Files Petition Against UK's Labour Party Over Election Interference

Former United States President, Donald Trump’s Campaign has accused British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour Party of “blatant foreign interference” in the U.S. presidential election.

Trump’s campaign made the allegation after the UK’s Labour volunteers travelled to the U.S. to assist in US’s Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate, Kamala Harris’s campaign.

Reuters reports that the campaign filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission, demanding an investigation into what it called “apparent illegal foreign national contributions” by the UK Labour Party, accepted by Harris’s campaign.

The complaint referenced media reports and a now-deleted LinkedIn post by Sofia Patel, Labour’s head of operations, who mentioned that “nearly 100” current and former Labour staffers would be heading to the U.S. to help elect Harris.

The complaint stated, “Those searching for foreign interference in our elections need to look no further than [the] LinkedIn post,” adding that the interference is “occurring in plain sight.”

However, the UK Prime Minister, Starmer, who met Trump in New York in September, told reporters during a flight to Samoa that he did not expect the complaint to affect relations with Trump, should he win the election on November 5.

Starmer, who noted that Labour volunteers had supported U.S. elections for years said, “They’re doing it in their spare time, as volunteers, staying with other volunteers. It’s what they’ve done in previous elections and what they’re doing now —it’s straightforward.”

Kaa4:
Trump is always whining like a toddler whose gift was collected. He should brace up and fight. He is aware that that has always been the case regardless of who is losing. But this election is too glaring for him. So fight to win Mr. Trump.

Anither563:
Labour Party of UK is not the same as the Labour Party of Nigeria.

Anither563:
Labour Party of UK is not the same as the Labour Party of Nigeria.

NetbizBoss:
If they rigged Harris in as planned. That will be the beginning of the fall of the USA. No world power had ever been rule by a woman. Harris will not win

adioolayi:
Elon Musk...Baba olowo just dey buy votes tactically...

Trump and republican no see anything wrong.

USA elections is also full of nonsense!

NetbizBoss:
If they rigged Harris in as planned. That will be the beginning of the fall of the USA. No world power had ever been rule by a woman. Harris will not win