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Al Jazeera
Federica Marsi

Why has Trump accused the UK’s Labour Party of US election interference?

Trump's lawyer has accused the UK’s Labour Party of sending advisers to the US to interfere in the presidential election [File: David Zalubowski/AP]

US Republican candidate Donald Trump has filed a legal complaint requesting an immediate investigation into “blatant foreign interference” on the part of British officials in the upcoming presidential election on November 5.

In a letter sent to the US Federal Election Commission (FEC), Trump’s campaign lawyer Gary Lawkowski accused the UK’s ruling Labour Party of sending senior advisers and officials to US battleground states in support of his Democratic Party rival Kamala Harris.

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