American intelligence has blamed “Russian agents of influence” for a false video on the presidential election.
American authorities blamed Friday for “Russian agents of influence” a video broadcast a few days before the presidential election. A man presents himself as a Haitian immigrant and claims to have been able to vote several times illegally in the key state of Georgia.
Georgia elections official Brad Raffensperger said in a statement Thursday evening:video purporting to show Haitian immigrant with multiple Georgia ID cards and claiming to have voted multiple times“. “This is an example of the targeted disinformation we have seen during this and other elections“, added Mr. Raffensperger, believing that it was “probably from a production of Russian troll farms“.
Suspicions confirmed by the Federal Police (FBI), the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) in a joint press release on Friday.
“Intelligence Community Concludes Russian Agents of Influence Fabricated Recent Video Falsely Showing Individuals Claiming to be from Haiti Voting Illegally in Multiple Georgia Counties“, according to the text.
“This activity by Russia is part of a broader effort by Moscow to raise unfounded questions about the integrity of U.S. elections and fuel divisions among Americans.“, affirm these federal agencies. They specify that they expect these attempts to continue until the vote and “in the following weeks and months“.
In his statement, the Georgia elections official asked to “Elon Musk and other social media platforms to remove” the video. But the 20-second clip can still be viewed on
“We checked the electoral lists. There is no match. The IDs are fake and there is no way the people in the video voted in Georgia using those IDs“, explained to AFP Mike Hassinger, spokesperson for the state authorities
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