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Fake video of Georgia voter fraud is Russian misinformation, US officials say
Cybersecurity officials are scrambling to contain 'a firehose' of bogus Russian videos designed to push voters to Trump in last days of election.
In the joint statement, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said they assessed that Russian influence actors also manufactured a video falsely accusing an individual associated with the Democratic presidential ticket of taking a bribe from a U.S. entertainer. They did not provide details, but the site that initially shared the fake Georgia video was behind an Oct. 30 post on X falsely claiming Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff had tipped off now-indicted music producer Sean “Diddy” Combs to an Department of Homeland Security raid in March in exchange for $500,000. On Thursday evening, Amy Kremer, a member of the Republican National Committee who helped organize the Jan. 6, 2021, rally that preceded the pro-Trump assault on the U.S. Capitol, was among those sharing a link to one version of the video with Raffensperger and top Trump campaign and RNC officials.
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