WASHINGTON, July 29 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe

Biden's administration on Monday accused Venezuela of electoral

manipulation and repression and said Caracas' announcement that

President Nicolas Maduro had won a third term in office had been

stripped of "any credibility."

Biden administration officials, briefing reporters about the

vote on condition of anonymity, did not announce any new

punitive measures but left open the door to additional

sanctions, saying it would assess its sanctions policy in light

of actions taken by Maduro's government.

"By engaging in repression and electoral manipulation, and

by declaring a winner without the detailed precinct-by-precinct

polling results ...Maduro representatives have stripped the

supposed election results they announced of any credibility," a

senior Biden administration official told reporters.