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‘Full-court blitzkrieg’: Barr says China a bigger election interference threat than Russia

By Jerry Dunleavy
Published April 9, 2020 3:58pm ET
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‘Full-court blitzkrieg’: Barr says China a bigger election interference threat than Russia
President Donald Trump moves from the podium to allow Attorney General William Barr to speak about the coronavirus in the James Brady Briefing Room, Monday, March 23, 2020, in Washington. | AP Photo / Alex Brandon

China is the greatest national security threat facing the United States, according to Attorney General William Barr.

In an interview that aired Wednesday night on Fox News, the top law enforcer also said Beijing posed a greater challenge to U.S. election security in 2020 than Russia despite well-documented Russian interference efforts in 2016.

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