Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe announces that Russia and Iran are taking 'specific actions to influence public opinion relating to our elections'
Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe announced on Wednesday that Russia and Iran have "taken specific actions to influence public opinion relating to our elections."
Separately, the FBI is investigating whether unverified emails about Hunter Biden published by The New York Post and amplified by President Trump and his lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, are part of a foreign influence operation.Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe announced on Wednesday that Iran and Russia have "taken specific actions to influence public opinion relating to our elections.
He also said that Iranian actors are distributing other content including "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," and are "desperate attempts by desperate adversaries." The emails said the Proud Boys were "in possession of all your information" and ordered the recipients to vote for Trump in the November election.
Trumpworld seized on the emails as proof that Joe Biden inappropriately leveraged his position as vice president in 2015 and 2016 to stymie a criminal investigation into the Ukrainian natural company Burisma Holdings, whose board Hunter was serving on at the time. As Business Insider has previously reported, there is no evidence that this theory holds merit.
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