Intelligence agencies in the United States have accused “Russian influence actors” over a video that falsely claimed election fraud was taking place in the battleground state of Georgia, days before the country’s knife-edge presidential vote.
The video began circulating on X, the social media platform owned by billionaire Elon Musk – a staunch supporter of Republican candidate Donald Trump – on Thursday afternoon. It claims to show a Haitian immigrant with multiple Georgia IDs who says he is planning to vote multiple times in two counties.
In a joint statement issued on Friday, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said “Russian influence actors manufactured a recent video that falsely depicted individuals claiming to be from Haiti and voting illegally” in Georgia.
“This judgment is based on information available to the IC [intelligence community] and prior activities of other Russian influence actors, including …