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FBI says Iran behind threatening emails sent to Florida Democrats

2020-10-22

[NBC News] Iran and Russia had obtained some Americans' voter registration information, said John Ratcliffe, the director of national intelligence.

Iranian intelligence was responsible for a recent campaign of emails sent to intimidate Florida voters, the FBI announced Wednesday night, adding that Russia was also working to influence the election.

The emails, which ominously instructed Democratic voters in Florida to switch to the Republican Party, purported to come from the Proud Boys, the right-wing group of Trump supporters that became a flashpoint during the first presidential debate.

But the emails were actually "spoofed" and had been designed "to incite social unrest and damage President Trump," said John Ratcliffe, the director of national intelligence. Ratcliffe did not explain how the emails were damaging to Trump, because they were urging Democrats to switch to the Republican Party.

Many states, including Florida, make voters' information, including their names and party affiliations, easily accessible to members of the public who request it. Both Iran and Russia had obtained some Americans' voter registration information, Ratcliffe said.

Posted by:Waldemar Flomonter9347

#13 lol I see what you did there GF9680. Mercutio - I was thinking along the same lines, esepcially now we know bad state actors have accessed voter rolls.

Posted by: Rex Mundi 2020-10-22 13:30

#12 And if true, Iran enters the game at the same time Obama does.

Posted by: swksvolFF 2020-10-22 12:45

#11 "If you don't vote for me (Biden), you ain't Latino!"

Posted by: swksvolFF 2020-10-22 12:44

#10 Wonder if this is more of the same w/r/t the "do you have fire insurance" letters sent to NH voters the other day?

Posted by: Mercutio 2020-10-22 12:38

#9 Anybody check ValJar’s comm’s from the Obama bunker in DC? Ob wait, it’s protected from surveillance by our own Secret Service. Funny how she still lives inside that protected space. Her insights to her countrymen in Tehran on our political nuances might still be flowing.

Posted by: NoMoreBS 2020-10-22 12:34

#8 I thought Biden was Proud of his Boy?

Posted by: Grusock Fillmore9680 2020-10-22 11:22

#7 har har har

Wife's morning news was breathless reporting as a Marx-given capital f Fact.

Gonna be a lot of bullshit today, so tap-out or change your filters.

Posted by: swksvolFF 2020-10-22 10:42

#6 dont trust the FBI

Posted by: 746 2020-10-22 10:20

#5 I watched the whole thing, since it interrupted The Wheel of Fortune. Ratcliffe said we caught the Iranians. Wray said the FBI always does good work. CBS News immediately disputed the claim Trump was damaged. Today, somebody will claim it was a Trumpian Reichstag fire.

Posted by: Bobby 2020-10-22 07:50

#4 Ratcliffe did not explain how the emails were damaging to Trump, because they were urging Democrats to switch to the Republican Party.

Simple, genius: the threatening emails suggested the evil Trumpkins will stop at nothing to steal the election. The fact that the intimidators self-identified as the Proud Boys suggested a false flag operation. To me.

Posted by: Bobby 2020-10-22 07:45

#3 Proud Boys got ruled out by the FBI that quickly? The cynic in me says that almost doesn't pass the smell test...

Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-10-22 07:08

#2 LOL.

Posted by: Clem 2020-10-22 05:56

#1 Proud Boys getting lots of publicity these days thanks to Slow Joe

Posted by: Rex Mundi 2020-10-22 01:54

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