Trump claims China meddling in midterm polls, experts see no reason to fret

Trump's claim -- that China is pursuing a campaign to interfere in the election and damage his administration -- is putting extra strain on an already fraught relationship

President Donald Trump has said China is interfering with the November midterm elections, but the findings of top cybersecurity firms are casting doubt on his claims.

“We haven’t observed any evidence of Chinese targeting the midterms or anything that would be relevant to upcoming elections," said Luke McNamara, a principal intelligence analyst at the cybersecurity firm FireEye Inc., which works with some state and local authorities to monitor election threats.

Jon DiMaggio, a senior threat intelligence analyst at Symantec Corp., which studies threats to campaigns, candidates, states, and on social media, said he’s observed "no digital trail of breadcrumbs that is leading