Donald Trump has been accused of trying to distract people from "other election interferences" after filing a complaint against the Labour Party.
The 2024 White House hopeful launched an attack on Labour and claimed the "far-left" party is involved in "blatant foreign interference" by appearing to support Democrat rival Kamala Harris.
In the complaint, sent to the US Federal Electoral Commission by Trump's campaign, Labour were accused of "illegal foreign assistance" in "another feeble attempt in a long line of anti-American election interference".
Ahead of the Trump campaign filing the complaint, it is understood that Labour staff were invited to embark on a stateside trip to volunteer for the Democrats. However, there is no evidence that the Labour Party broke US law by making any financial contributions to Harris' campaign.
Donald Trump has sparked a row with Keir Starmer's Labour government after accusing them of election interference
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Addressing the claims, a Labour Party spokesperson told GB News that it is "common practice for campaigners of all political persuasions from around the world to volunteer in US elections".
They added: "Where Labour activists take part, they do so at their own expense, in accordance with the laws and rules."
Speaking to GB News, former Democrat Congressional Candidate Qasim Rashid claimed that Trump is "distracting" voters from other possible election interferences in the US.
Rashid explained: "They're blowing this out of proportion for a number of reasons. As we know, the Conservative Party in the UK have done this with the Republicans in the past. There's nothing new here.
Donald Trump claimed the Labour government are 'siding with Kamala Harris' in a 'blatant foreign interference'
Reuters"One thing we've learned about Donald Trump is that every single accusation is a confession without fail. So the real question is, what is he trying to hide? What interference is he trying to hide?"
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Noting the recent endorsement of Trump by tech mogul Elon Musk, Rashid told GB News: "It's common practice here that volunteers give up their homes, offer an extra room for free for people to come in. So I think this is a big nothing burger.
"The bigger question we should be asking is what is Donald Trump trying to distract from? It could be he's trying to distract from the fact that a report just came out that he openly praises Adolf Hitler as a great leader of sorts, and he wants generals like that."
Hitting back at Rashid's claim, host Ben Leo argued that the Trump campaign have "debunked" the comments as "fake news" and "absolutely false".
Qasim Rashid told GB News that Trump is 'trying to distract' from other possible election interferences
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Ben then pressed Rashid on the reports that the George Soros group "donated $60million in the first quarter of this year to Democrat linked super PACs", asking "what is the difference?"
Rashid responded: "I agree, we need to get dark money out of politics altogether. There's no defending that whatsoever.
"But Elon Musk owns Twitter, and he has put out more than, I think, 300 false and misleading tweets about election interference and election fraud, misleading voters, trying to deny people the right to vote or the access to vote by putting out misinformation and disinformation out there.
"And that to me, that to any fair minded person is absolutely election interference. And we shouldn't tolerate that in any respect."
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