Presidential candidate Donald Trump filed a legal complaint against British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour Party, accusing it of meddling in the election in a document that cited the American revolution and misspelled ‘Britain.’
Trump launched a legal complaint overnight against the UK’s ruling Labour party and the Harris-Walz campaign, accusing the party of “interference” in the US election after Labour officials allegedly travelled to the US offering advice to Democratic candidates.
The letter opened citing the American revolution before spelling “Britain” as “Britian” evoking the surrender of British forces to the US at the Battle of Yorktown in 1781.
“It appears that the Labour Party and the Harris for President campaign have forgotten the message” the complaint said, without explaining the comparison.
It added that contact between Labour officials and the Harris campaign amount to “illegal foreign contributions” and called for an immediate investigation.
The complaint, send by Trump’s campaign lawyer Gary Lawkowski, attached Wall Street Journal reporting claiming Labour strategists had been advising Harris on how to win back disaffected voters and run a winning campaign “from centre left.”
It also attached a since-deleted post Linkedin post from Labour’s head of operations offering to arrange accommodation for Labour members travelling to the key battleground state of North Carolina.
A statement on DonaldJTrump.com called the Labour party “far-left” and said it had inspired Democratic candidate Kamala Harris’ “dangerous” policies.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer did not deny the allegation, but said it did not amount to foreign interference.
He said that the strategists were volunteering in their spare time to help the Harris-Walz campaign and their trips were not organised or funded by the party.
“That’s what they’ve done in previous elections, that’s what they’re doing in this election and that’s really straightforward” Starmer said at a Commonwealth summit in Samoa.
The British leader added he had a good relationship with Trump, who he met in New York in September, and would work with whoever won the election which he called, “very close now.”
Trump praised the prime minister ahead of their meeting, saying he had, “ran a great race” and calling him popular in the UK.
Source: Euro News
