US officials say video falsely depicting voter fraud in Georgia linked to ‘Russian influence actors’

WASHINGTON — A video purporting to show election fraud in Georgia by a man claiming to be from Haiti is fake and the work of “Russian influence actors,” U.S. intelligence officials said Friday.

The video in question shows someone claiming to be a Haitian immigrant talking about how he plans to vote for Vice President Kamala Harris multiple times in two Georgia counties.

Georgian Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said Thursday evening that the video is “clearly fake” and is likely the product of Russian trolls “trying to sow division and chaos on the eve of the elections.”

Intelligence officials reiterated those findings Friday, saying the video was crafted by “Russian influence actors” and was part of “Moscow’s broader effort to raise unsubstantiated questions about the integrity of the U.S. election and stoke division among Americans .”