Russia behind false video showing immigrants voting multiple times in Georgia, national agencies say

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – The FBI, Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have determined a video depicting Haitian immigrants claiming to have voted multiple times in Georgia is the result of Russian interference, the agencies said Friday.

The national agencies said the Russian interference activities have been a part of an ongoing effort to raise questions about U.S. election integrity.

“The IC 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. This judgment is based on information available to the IC and prior activities of other Russian influence actors, including videos and other disinformation activities.”

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger previously made a statement, noting initially it was one Haitian immigrant, saying his office was aware of the disinformation efforts.

“This is false, and is an example of targeted …