Feds say Russia and Iran have interfered with the presidential election https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/21/politics/fbi-election-security/index.html Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe announced at a news conference on Wednesday night that the federal government has identified that Iran and Russia "have taken specific actions to influence public opinion relating to our elections." "There is nothing more sacred in our republic than the fundamental democratic principle of one person, one vote. It is our duty to ensure the sanctity of US elections; that includes ensuring the security of voting systems," Ratcliffe said. "The intelligence community's role is to identify threats, and to assess the intentions, capabilities and actions of foreign adversaries. Our duty also includes empowering the American people to understand information, or perhaps more accurately disinformation, that they are seeing, particularly on the internet, and make informed decisions for themselves." This is a breaking story and will be updated.
"we destabalize other democracies all the time. its okay if Russia destabalize ours." -Many Republicans in 2016
Thanks a lot, next you are going to tell us that there was speeding at the Indy 500. It has been going on for decades. The only problem is in 2016 the wrong person won. Notice they didnt care when Obama was caught on a hot mic talking to the Russians about the favors he was going to do for Vlad. Lastly, why would anyone cite a story from CNN?
The same breaking news is on every single news outlet. Go to any outlet you want for the exact same story and see the press conference comments. DNI Ratcliffe, FBI say Iran, Russia attempting to interfere with 2020 election 'Know that our election systems are resilient and you can be confident your votes are secure.' https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fbi-holding-press-conference-on-election-security Russia and Iran are attempting to influence the 2020 elections and have obtained some voter registration information, Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe said at an FBI press conference on Wednesday. Ratcliffe noted that both nations had taken specific actions to influence voters' opinions. He noted that the registration information they obtained could be used to confuse voters through false communication. The interference that's been discovered, Ratcliffe said, has been designed to incite social unrest and damage the president. "This data can be used by foreign actors to attempt to communicate false information to registered voters that they hope will cause confusion, sew chaos, and undermine your confidence in American democracy," he said. "To that end, we have already seen Iran sending spoofed emails designed to intimidate voters, incite social unrest, and damage President Trump. You may have seen some reporting on this in the last 24 hours or you may have even been one of the recipients of those emails." He added that Iran was distributing a video with false information about fraudulent ballots. "Iran is distributing other content to include a video that implies that individuals could cast fraudulent ballots, even from overseas. This video and any claims about such allegedly fraudulent ballots are not true," he said. "These actions are desperate attempts by desperate adversaries. Even if the adversaries pursue further attempts to intimidate or attempt to undermine voter confidence, know that our election systems are resilient and you can be confident your votes are secure. Although we have not seen the same actions from Russia, we are aware that they have obtained some voter information just as they did in 2016. Rest assured that we are prepared for the possibility of actions by those hostile to democracy." Noting that his agency was responsible for investigating election crimes, FBI Director Christopher Wray vowed to take action in order to ensure the integrity of U.S. elections. He said that Americans should be "confident" that their votes count. "We are not going to let our guard down," he added.