‘Erosion of governance’ led Fitch to downgrade US credit rating
by Dominic Rushe in New York and Graeme Wearden in Lo from on (#6DFZP)
Trump's efforts to overturn election and political polarization led agency to decision, says senior director
Donald Trump's attempt to overturn the 2020 election and growing political polarization in the US contributed to an erosion of governance" that led a top credit ratings agency to downgrade US debt, a senior director of the company said on Wednesday.
Fitch cut its rating on US debt on Tuesday. It was only the second time in history that a leading credit agency has downgraded US debt. The first was in 2011, when Fitch rival Standard & Poor's cut the US's triple-A rating after a nerve-racking fight between the Republicans and the Obama administration over the federal budget.
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