British Labor Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Wednesday rejected accusations from Donald Trump’s team of “interference” by his party in the American elections for the benefit of Democratic candidate Kamala Harris.
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In a statement, the former US president’s campaign team announced that it had filed an appeal with the US Federal Election Commission (FEC) for “illegal foreign contributions to the campaign” and “interference” in the elections.
“The (Kamala) Harris campaign’s acceptance and use of illegal foreign assistance is just another weak attempt in a long line of anti-American election interference,” said Susie Wiles, co-leader of the Harris campaign. Republican candidate.
The Trump camp accuses Labor in particular of having sent some of its members to the United States to campaign for the benefit of the Democratic candidate, a natural ally of the British Labor (center-left), in power since July in the United Kingdom.
He bases his appeal in particular on press articles referring to meetings between officials of Labor and the campaign of Kamala Harris, as well as on a message published by a Labor official on LinkedIn (since deleted) in which she claimed to have “almost of 100 members” or “ex-members” of the party leaving for the United States. She called on other volunteers to come forward, promising to “organize their accommodation”.
Interviewed by British media on the plane taking him to Samoa for a summit of Commonwealth leaders, Keir Starmer assured that party members who had traveled to the United States had done so on a voluntary basis. .
“That’s what they did in previous elections, that’s what they’re doing for this election. It’s very simple,” he said.
He also estimated that Labor’s involvement in Kamala Harris’ campaign would not harm its “good relationship” with Donald Trump if he were to return to the White House.
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“I spent time in New York with President Trump” on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in September, said the head of the British government, adding that they had established a “good relationship”.
During the previous American presidential campaigns in 2016 and 2020, American intelligence claimed that Russian interference had sought to favor Donald Trump, which the Republican candidate categorically contested and which Moscow denied.
