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Lawmakers push U.S. agencies to rein In Huawei’s American unit with major loophole connected to U.S., with allegations of election interference in South Korea, and other countries when it comes to blacklisted compromised technology with election equipment and servers. US lawmakers urged the Trump administration to close the loopholes that have allowed a unit of blacklisted Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies Co. to operate freely in the U.S., with ties to its allies.

In May 2019, the U.S. added Huawei to the Entity List, citing national security risks from alleged espionage and sanctions violations, restricting exports of U.S. tech. A Temporary General License (TGL) allowed limited transactions until August 2020, extended multiple times. Rules tightened in 2020, targeting foreign-made items using U.S. software/tech and adding 38 affiliates plus SMIC. Benefits include enhanced security, challenges involve revenue losses for U.S. suppliers (Qorvo, Broadcom), prompting market shifts. Congress considers oversight, R&D funding for competitiveness, and global coalitions for secure networks.

U.S. Elections:
Huawei affecting election outcomes exist, and officials warned in 2018 midterm candidates against using Huawei/ZTE devices due to espionage risks. Broader fears involve potential backdoors for spying on campaigns or infrastructure. The tech should be nowhere near America, in any devices, especially our elections.

Overseas servers with ties to Huawei is where another problem arises. We must keep ALL U.S. election data in the continental U.S. and should never be outside the U.S. to begin with. This is a national security risk by itself, with or without Huawei in general.

South Korea Elections:
Major allegations of Huawei tech enabled Chinese interference in elections, such as hidden devices in ballot-sorting hardware during the 2020 parliamentary vote and Wi-Fi signals suggesting hacking in 2025 by-elections. Activists claimed secret codes in results favored certain parties, but officials dismissed these as groundless, filing complaints against disruptors. The White House expressed concerns over Chinese influence in 2025 presidential polls, without directly implicating Huawei links.

Conservative critics allege widespread fraud in South Korea's April elections, citing electronic distortions and mail-in irregularities, claiming the ruling party won its Assembly majority with China's help. This echoes Trump and DOJ claims that China, not Russia, threatens U.S. voting. Facebook removed China-linked pages targeting Trump and Biden. Claims grew after Walter Mebane's May study on Korea's 2020 election, showing statistical evidence of fraud potentially altering outcomes. (South Korean election anomalies shown in graph in video below)

The U.S. leaders of a bipartisan congressional committee on China asked that the administration subject Huawei’s US unit, Futurewei Technologies, to the same restrictions as its Chinese parent, according to a letter they sent to the leaders of the departments of Commerce, Defense and Treasury, as well as the Federal Communications Commission chairman