Officials say Russia produced a fake video about immigrant voter fraud in Georgia

Kremlin spin doctors are responsible for creating a video purporting to show a person from Haiti claiming to have fraudulently voted multiple times in counties around Georgia, the U.S. Secret Service said Friday.

The video, shared by some well-known Republicans, shows a man claiming he immigrated from Haiti six months ago and quickly gained U.S. citizenship. He claims to have multiple state IDs that allow him to vote for Kamala Harris in several Georgia counties. The man also encourages all Haitians to move to America with their families.

“This ruling is based on information available to the IC and previous activities of other Russian influence actors, including videos and other disinformation activities. “Georgia’s foreign minister has already rejected the video’s claims as false,” said the statement from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the FBI.

Yesterday, Republican Secretary of State of Georgia Brad Raffensperger called on X to remove the video featuring the alleged Haitian man. “This is false and a clear example of targeted disinformation in this election,” Raffensperger wrote, suggesting it was likely “caused by Russian troll farms.”

Another video accusing a person associated with Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign of accepting bribes from a U.S. entertainer was also made by Russia, according to the intelligence community's statement.

An official at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with press guidelines set by the agency, said the U.S. is “very concerned about how our foreign adversaries will specifically respond in the period after Election Day.” “will aim.” and local officials conduct procedures to certify election results.

This window of opportunity “is an opportunity in which our adversaries are likely to seek to capitalize and undermine the American people's confidence in the election outcome, regardless of who wins,” the CISA official said.

Recent foreign influence attempts in the run-up to November 5 have officials on high alert. Efforts by Russia, Iran and China have increased in recent weeks and months. The latter two countries have successfully compromised tangible confidential data or communications from the two major presidential campaigns that have been deadlocked in national polls.

Russian election disinformation campaigns “pose a real risk,” Neal Higgins, former White House deputy national cyber director, said in an interview.

“The Russians have made it clear that they are committed to using disinformation to undermine American democracy. “Eight years ago this happened through leaked emails and false stories,” said Higgins, a partner at law firm Eversheds Sutherland. “Now this is happening through cheap fake and deep fake videos, including videos falsely claiming election irregularities.”