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Video of Haitian migrants saying they plan to vote multiple times in Georgia is Russian-made: US intel

A video of Haitian migrants voting in Georgia's elections is fake and is the work of "Russian influence actors," according to U.S. intelligence.


Video of Haitian migrants saying they plan to vote multiple times in Georgia is Russian-made: US intel
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A video of Haitian migrants voting in Georgia's elections is fake and the work of "Russian influence actors," according to U.S. intelligence. 

In the clip, two people claiming to be Haitian migrants say they are planning to vote multiple times in two different Georgia counties for Vice President Kamala Harris.

"We're voting Kamala Harris. Yesterday, we voted in Gwinnett County, and today we're voting in Fulton County," one person says. "We have all our document - driver's license. We invite all Haitians to come to America and bring families."

The video was amplified by right-wing accounts on social media. 

"The [U.S. Intelligence Community] assesses that Russian influence actors manufactured a recent video that falsely depicted individuals claiming to be from Haiti and voting illegally in multiple counties in Georgia," read a joint statement from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), FBI and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).

"This judgment is based on information available to the IC and prior activities of other Russian influence actors, including videos and other disinformation activities. The Georgia Secretary of State has already refuted the video's claims as false."

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said Thursday night that the video is "obviously fake," and likely the product of Russian trolls "attempting to sow discord and chaos on the eve of the election."

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