Foreign Meddling: China, Russia, Iran, and Cuba Targeted 2022 US Congressional Elections, Intelligence Report Reveals
A declassified intelligence assessment reveals that China, Russia, Iran, and Cuba all attempted to meddle in the 2022 US congressional elections. While there was no known order for a comprehensive influence campaign like Russia's in 2016, China was found to have tacitly approved efforts to influence specific races. China aimed to heighten sociopolitical divisions and portray the US democratic model as chaotic. Russia sought to denigrate the Democratic Party and undermine confidence in the election, while Iran aimed to exploit social divisions. Foreign actors focused on damaging the public perception of election integrity rather than changing literal votes. The assessment did not evaluate the impact of these influence campaigns on the election outcome.
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- Intelligence Community Assessment of Foreign Threats to the 2022 U.S. Elections Office of the Director of National Intelligence
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