US Says Russia Is Behind Fake Haitian Voter Video

U.S. government agencies have accused Russian actors of being behind a fake video showing Haitians voting illegally in several counties in the state of Georgia.

In a joint statement from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), it was stated that the video was part of the Kremlin’s broader efforts to cast doubt on the incident. It increases the legitimacy of the US Presidential Election and increases the division among Americans.

“The Intelligence Community (IC) assesses that Russian influence actors have produced a new video falsely depicting individuals claiming to be from Haiti and voting illegally in several Georgia counties. This decision is based on information available to the IC and previous activities of other Russian influence actors, including videos and other disinformation activities,” the agencies wrote.

The video, which was widely shared on X and other social media platforms, shows two men in a car claiming to be Haitians. They claimed to have multiple Georgia identities and voted for Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris in two Georgia counties. They also encourage other Haitians to come to the United States, saying they received citizenship within six months of arrival.

Georgia is a ‘swing state’ which is crucial for candidates to win to increase their chances of winning the election.

Georgian Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger previously rejected the video’s claims as false in his statement on Thursday, October 31, and called on social media sites to remove the video.

“We are working with our state and federal partners to combat this and identify its origins. CISA is currently investigating. In the meantime, we are asking Elon Musk and leaders of other social media platforms to remove this. This is clearly fake and part of a disinformation effort. It is likely that Russian troll farms product,” Raffensperger said.

BBC The verification team said it found clear indications that the video was fake, including fake addresses and stock photos.

The video remains on numerous X accounts at the time of this writing.

The majority of American voters will go to the polls on Election Day, Tuesday, November 5. Many U.S. citizens have already cast their votes using the vote-by-mail system or early voting.

Nation-State Influence Operations are Accelerating

The joint intelligence agencies’ statement also accused Russian influencers of producing a separate video “falsely accusing an individual associated with the Democratic presidential ticket of accepting a bribe from a US artist.”

This is likely a reference to a video posted on

US government agencies have noted significant nation-state influence activities in the months leading up to the 2024 US Presidential Election. US Department of Justice (DoJ) in September A lawsuit was filed against two employees of Russian state media group RT (formerly known as Russia Today) after they claimed they paid a Tennessee-based content company $10 million to publish disinformation that received millions of views.

Intelligence agencies also warned in September that malicious actors were spreading false information. Allegations of breach of US voter registration databasesUsing publicly available voter registration information to support these claims.

In August, Microsoft published a detailed report. Four separate cyber influence operations conducted by Iranian threat actorsIt was designed to interfere with the US Presidential Election.

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