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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Chelsie Napiza

Pro-Trump Activists Circulate Draft Order Claiming 2020 Chinese Interference — Calls for National Emergency Over US Elections

A secret 17-page document is pushing President Donald Trump to declare an unprecedented national emergency over America's elections, grounded in a claim the intelligence community has already firmly rejected.

The Washington Post broke the story on 26 February 2026, revealing that pro-Trump activists who say they are operating in coordination with the White House are circulating a draft executive order that frames alleged Chinese interference in the 2020 presidential election as grounds for a presidential emergency declaration.

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