Officials Say China Trying to Sway US Vote, Poses Threat

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, FBI Director Christopher Wray, and Russell Travers, Acting Director of National Counterterrorism Center, testify before a Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee hearing on "Threats to the Homeland" at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 10, 2018. Alex Wroblewski/Reuters

WASHINGTON—China is waging an unprecedented campaign to influence American public opinion as November congressional elections approach and presents the greatest long-term counterintelligence threat to the United States, U.S. security officials said on Oct. 10.

Senators on the Homeland Security Committee questioned Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and FBI Director Christopher Wray about President Donald Trump’s assertion that China is interfering in U.S. elections and asked whether Beijing poses a larger threat to the country than Moscow.