Lee Fang —
We have been following the story of the canceled Romanian election. The US was behind it.
American taxpayer money flows to think tanks backing the judicial ouster of a presidential candidate over flimsy “Russian disinformation” claims.
Five days ago, the Romanian high court, citing intelligence sources over alleged foreign disinformation influencing voters, annulled the country’s first-round presidential election results, which were won on Nov. 24th by populist independent candidate Calin Georgescu.
The intelligence report claimed that a “Russian hybrid attack” had boosted Georgescu’s candidacy. The report, however, merely displayed charts showing popular TikTok and Telegram accounts promoting Georgescu and failed to show evidence of direct foreign meddling.
The move marked the first time a European Union member state has reversed a democratic election over a social media-related issue.
