Trump campaign files FEC complaint over influx of Labour staffers volunteering for Kamala Harris

The surge in nearly 100 oversea volunteers are helping the Harris-Walz campaign in critical swing states, including Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. Labour officials insist the volunteers are paying their own way to the United States, and are staying at the homes of Democratic activists.

By Misty Severi

Published: October 22, 2024 5:29pm

Former President Donald Trump's presidential campaign on Tuesday filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commissions (FEC) on the influx of Labour Party staffers from the United Kingdom volunteering for Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign.

Nearly 100 overseas volunteers are helping the Harris-Walz campaign in critical swing states, including Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. Labour officials insist that the volunteers are paying their own way to the United States, and are staying at the homes of Democratic activists.

The Trump campaign claimed in the filing that the Labour operation amounted to "foreign interference" in the presidential election, arguing that a LinkedIn post seeking more volunteers to travel to the U.S. was evidence that the foreign party was paying volunteers to travel to the U.S.

"Those searching for foreign interference in our elections need to look no further than Ms. [Sofia] Patel’s LinkedIn post. The interference is occurring in plain sight," Trump campaign lawyer Gary Lawkowski wrote. "To protect our democracy from illegal foreign influence, it is imperative that the Federal Election Commission open a MUR, find reason to believe, and investigate this matter immediately."

The filing also noted that reports from the Telegraph indicated that the Harris campaign was advised on how to conduct a "winning" campaign by the foreign party.

Federal law forbids candidates from accepting, soliciting, or receiving a foreign contribution or donation to their campaigns, according to the filing. Foreign nationals are banned from “directly or indirectly [making] a contribution or donation of money or other thing of value, or to make an express or implied promise to make a contribution or donation, in connection with a Federal, State, or local election."

The filing comes after the U.S. Intelligence community warned of foreign interference in the upcoming elections. However, those warnings were primarily about U.S. enemies in Russia, China, and Iran.

Misty Severi is an evening news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.