#PROUD BOYS EMAILS IRAN REGISTRATION#

Ratcliffe said the claims in this video “are not true.” Vice News reported earlier in the day that some of the emails also apparently included a video claiming to show hackers manipulating ballots. The emails that appeared to be sent from the Proud Boys warned recipients to “vote for Trump on Election Day or we will come after you.” The messages were “designed to intimidate voters, incite social unrest, and damage President Trump,” Ratcliffe said Wednesday, without elaborating on how the messages would 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, sow chaos, and undermine your confidence in American democracy.”

#PROUD BOYS EMAILS IRAN REGISTRATION#

“We have confirmed that some voter registration information has been obtained by Iran and separately by Russia,” Ratcliffe said. The news, announced by Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe and FBI Director Chris Wray in an ad-hoc news conference Wednesday night, included the additional revelation that both Iran and Russia had “obtained” US voter registration data, although further details remain unclear.

The evidence that the emails were actually sent by the Proud Boys was pretty thin, and tonight the US officials announced that it was, in fact, an Iranian election interference operation targeting Democratic voters in multiple states. Reports circulated yesterday that the Proud Boys-or at least people claiming to be in the violent far-right hate group-were emailing voters and pressuring them to vote for President Trump. Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.

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