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The Russian embassy successful Washington did not instantly respond to a petition for comment. (File Photo)
At slightest 2 polling sites successful the US predetermination battleground authorities of Georgia were concisely evacuated connected Tuesday aft fake weaponry threats that predetermination officials successful the authorities blamed connected Russian agents.
The threats, which were deemed to beryllium non-credible, caused 2 polling locations successful Fulton County, Georgia, to beryllium evacuated. Both re-opened aft astir 30 minutes, officials said, and the region is seeking a tribunal bid to widen the location’s voting hours past the statewide 7 p.m. deadline.
Republican Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said Russian interference was down the Election Day weaponry hoaxes.
“They’re up to mischief, it seems. They don’t privation america to person a smooth, just and close election, and if they tin get america to combat among ourselves, they tin number that arsenic a victory,” Raffensperger told reporters.
The Russian embassy successful Washington did not instantly respond to a petition for comment.
In a statement, the FBI said it was alert of non-credible weaponry threats to polling locations successful respective states, with galore of them originating from Russian email domains.
Georgia unsocial received much than 2 twelve phony weaponry threats connected Election Day, astir of which occurred successful Fulton County, an FBI authoritative said.
A elder authoritative successful Raffensperger’s office, speaking connected the information of anonymity to talk freely, said the Georgia weaponry hoaxes were sent from email addresses that had been utilized by Russians trying to interfere successful erstwhile US elections.
The threats were sent to US media and the 2 polling locations, the authoritative said. “It’s a likelihood it’s Russia,” the authoritative said.
Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican erstwhile President Donald Trump are locked successful a choky contention to triumph the White House. Opinion polls suggest the contention is excessively adjacent to call.
The phony weaponry threats people the latest successful a drawstring of examples of alleged interference by the Russians successful the 2024 election.
On November. 1, US quality officials warned that Russian actors manufactured a video that falsely depicted Haitians illegally casting ballots successful Georgia. Intelligence officials besides recovered that the Russians created a abstracted phony video which falsely accused idiosyncratic associated with the Harris statesmanlike summons of taking a bribe from an entertainer.
US quality officials person besides accused Russia of interfering successful erstwhile US statesmanlike elections, particularly the 2016 contention which Trump won against Democratic campaigner Hillary Clinton.
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