China Tried to Shape Outcome of 2022 Midterm Elections, Intelligence Report Says

The latest report sheds more light on communist China’s long game to infiltrate U.S. politics at every level.

People line up in the rain to vote at a tent in a shopping center parking lot in Las Vegas, Nev., on Nov. 8, 2022. Ethan Miller/Getty Images

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) attempted to meddle in the 2022 U.S. midterm elections, aiming to undermine certain candidates viewed as “anti-China” and to promote others deemed to be “pro-China,” according to a new report from the U.S. intelligence community.

“China tacitly approved efforts to try to influence a handful of midterm races involving members of both U.S. political parties,” the intelligence agencies said in their assessment, published by the National Intelligence Council on Dec. 18, emphasizing that they came to such a conclusion with “high confidence.”