Donald Trump’s campaign has filed a Federal Election Comleave oution (FEC) grumblet aacquirest the UK’s Labour Party, accusing it of “blatant foreign meddlence” in the US election in aid of the Harris-Walz campaign.
The grumblet cites media increates about reach out between Labour and the Harris campaign, as well as apparent volunteering efforts, arguing that this amounts to illegitimate “contributions”.
The BBC comprehfinishs that Labour activists campaigning in the US plivential election are doing so in a personal capacity.
The Labour Party has not rehired an official response.
Specificassociate, the grumblet cites newspaper increateing that Labour-connected individuals have travelled to the US to campaign for Harris.
That increateing, the grumblet alleges, produces a “reasonable inference that the Labour Party has made, and the Harris campaign has acunderstandledgeed, illegitimate foreign national contributions.”
The letter refers to Washington Post increateing that communications were traded between the parties and that greater officials have met in braveial.
Additionassociate, the grumblet cites a social media post on LinkedIn in which a Labour staff member said that “csurrfinisherly 100” current and createer party members will be headed to battleground states in the US.
The post, from Labour Party head of operations Sofia Patel, inserted that 10 “spots” are useable and that “we will sort your housing”.
It eunites to have since been deleted.
The grumblet originates comparisons to an international programme in 2016 in which the Australian Labor Party, or ALP, sent allots to help with Bernie Sanders’ campaign.
In that instance, however, the ALP paid for fweightlesss and daily stipfinishs. The party and the campaign were each handed down civil penalties of $14,500.
Labour activists’ trips were not organised or funded by the party, it is understood from party officials.
Foreign nationals are helpted to serve as campaign volunteers as extfinished as they are not reimbursed, according to FEC rules.
It is pondered normal for party officials from the UK to be in reach out with counterparts in the US.
It also has consentn place previously between the UK’s Conservative Party and US Reuncoverans.
The BBC has reach outed the Harris-Walz campaign for comment.
