Tanzania, July 17 -- Washington. US President Donald Trump has accused China of interfering in the 2020 presidential election, despite previous assessments by US intelligence agencies finding no evidence that Beijing influenced the outcome.

Speaking during a televised address, Trump said newly declassified intelligence showed that China had obtained millions of US voter records, claiming the information pointed to attempts to influence the election. He did not provide evidence that the alleged activity changed the outcome of the vote.

His claims contradict a 2021 assessment by the US intelligence community, which concluded that no foreign government, including China, attempted to alter voter registrations, ballots, vote counts or the ce...