US President Donald Trump on Thursday accused officials from the Obama-era intelligence establishment of concealing evidence of alleged Chinese interference aimed at undermining his administration and helping Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election. He also claimed that documents linked to former President Barack Obama had also been found among material that was supposed to be destroyed.
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Trump made the allegations during a primetime address, saying recently discovered burn bags contained information provided by “President Barack Hussein Obama” that was meant to be incinerated but was never destroyed. He said the discovery raised serious questions, although he attributed the failure to destroy the material to incompetence rather than deliberate action.
“Recently, we found significant numbers of burn bags, information given by President Barack Hussein Obama to be burned. These bags were supposed to be incinerated, but it never happened. We believe this was not done purposely, but rather through incompetence. But the findings are stunning,” Trump said.
The US president also alleged that intelligence officials had hidden information about efforts to prevent his re-election and support Biden's electoral prospects. He said raw intelligence obtained by the FBI in 2020, but allegedly buried by officials, indicated that China had attempted to manufacture illegal ballots for Joe Biden.
