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FBI videos about ‘remote voting,’ prisoners voting fake, it says

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The FBI says its insignia was misused.

ATLANTA — A number of fabricated videos pretending to be news organizations and federal officials were circulating online during election season, with many of the videos spreading false information about the 2024 General Election.

In particular, two videos were circulating Tuesday, bearing the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s insignia. One of the videos told voters to “vote remotely” because of a high terror threat at polling locations. The other video contained an FBI press release alleging that five prisons in Pennsylvania, Georgia, and Arizona had rigged elections for their inmates and also colluded with a political party.

Here’s what we know about the videos.

THE QUESTION

Are the FBI videos circulating online about voting real?

SOURCES

THE ANSWER

No, the videos were not put out by the FBI and are, in fact, fake.

WHAT WE FOUND

The FBI is debunking what it calls fake videos.

It released a statement on Election Day stating that the two videos circulating online brandishing …

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