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

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. 

"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."

The intelligence community's statement said the video "is part of Moscow's broader effort to raise unfounded questions about the integrity of the U.S. election and stoke divisions among Americans."

"In the lead up to Election Day and in the weeks and months after, the IC expects Russia to create and release additional media content that seeks to undermine trust in the integrity of the election and divide Americans." 

Haitian migrants found themselves front and center of the U.S. news cycle after unfounded claims that they were eating pets in Springfield, Ohio, were amplified by Trump and Ohio Sen. JD Vance. The 60,000-person town saw a rapid influx of some 20,000 migrants, largely of Haitian origin, over the past few years. 

"Moscow and Tehran may also see an opportunity to continue pushing content favoring their preferred outcome," the report said. "For instance, Russian influence actors have pushed negative messaging about VP Harris and publicly alleged conspiracy theories about her elevation to the top of the ticket. Iranian cyber actors may try to publish content denigrating former President Trump."

China, the report said, is likely to focus its efforts on down-ballot congressional races. 

The report found that foreign actors "will probably refrain from" trying to alter the vote count since vote casting machines are not connected to the internet and 97% of voters live in precincts with paper records and a paper audit trail - and doing so could prompt Washington to retaliate. 

But U.S. adversaries took lessons from the drawn-out vote counting process in 2020. 

"Many of these countries did not have a full appreciation for the various election processes that happen after polls close, and now that they have greater awareness of the significance, they have greater ability to attempt to disrupt them," an ODNI official told reporters.