US agencies allege Russia link to video falsely claiming Georgia vote fraud

Russia has antecedently dismissed allegations it is attempting to interfere successful US statesmanlike election.

Intelligence agencies successful the United States person accused “Russian power actors” for a video that falsely claimed predetermination fraud was taking spot successful the battleground authorities of Georgia, days earlier the country’s knife-edge presidential vote.

The video began circulating connected X, the societal media level owned by billionaire Elon Musk, a staunch protagonist of Republican campaigner Donald Trump, connected Thursday afternoon. It claims to amusement a Haitian migrant with aggregate Georgia IDs who says helium is readying to vote aggregate times successful 2 counties.

In a associated connection issued connected Friday, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said that “Russian power actors manufactured a caller video that falsely depicted individuals claiming to beryllium from Haiti and voting illegally” successful Georgia.

“This judgement is based connected accusation disposable to the IC [intelligence community] and anterior activities of different Russian power actors, including videos and different disinformation activities,” the agencies said

The enactment is “part of Moscow’s broader effort to rise unfounded questions astir the integrity of the US predetermination and stoke divisions among Americans,” the connection alleged.

There was nary contiguous remark by Russia, which has antecedently dismissed arsenic absurd US quality claims that it is seeking to meddle successful the November 5 election.

Earlier connected Friday, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said his authorities has been targeted with a video that’s “obviously fake”.

He added that the clip apt the merchandise of Russian trolls “attempting to sow discord and chaos connected the eve of the election”, calling connected societal media companies to region it from their platforms.

The archetypal video was nary longer connected X connected Friday morning, but copycat versions were inactive being shared widely.

An investigation of the accusation connected 2 of the IDs successful the video confirmed it did not lucifer immoderate registered voters successful the counties, The Associated Press quality bureau reported.

Trump and his moving mate, Senator JD Vance, person antecedently spread mendacious rumours astir Haitian migrants eating pets successful the municipality of Springfield.

Trump referenced the claims during an predetermination statement against his rival, Democrat, Kamala Harris, successful September that was viewed by tens of millions of people. Following that, Springfield saw dozens of bomb threats that forced evacuations and nationalist gathering closures, arsenic good arsenic the cancellation of a diverseness festival.

Opinion polls, some nationwide and successful the 7 intimately divided battleground states, amusement Trump virtually tied with Harris, with 4 days to spell earlier predetermination day. More than 66 cardinal radical person already formed aboriginal ballots.

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