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Oct 22, 2020 2 mins, 0 secs

We now have less than two weeks to go before the federal voting deadline for the presidential election on November 3, and basically everything is, as many expected, hitting the fan at once.

Now, intelligence officials and lawmakers are all but begging Americans to be less credulous with what they see and hear online amid new allegations that actors from Iran emailed individual voter-intimidation efforts.

Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe and FBI Director Christopher Wray joined forces at a hastily announced press conference Wednesday night to issue a warning that foreign actors "have taken specific actions to influence public opinion relating to our elections." Specifically, Ratcliffe said, actors from Iran and Russia had separately obtained "some voter registration information" and were using it "to communicate false information to registered voters that they hope will cause confusion, sow chaos, and undermine your confidence in American democracy.".

"We're not going to tolerate foreign interference in our elections or any criminal activity that threatens the sanctity of your vote or undermines public confidence in the outcome of the election," Wray added in the press conference.

These accusations are nothing more than another scenario to undermine voter confidence in the security of the US election and are absurd.".

Neither Wray nor Ratcliffe provided evidence explaining why intelligence officials believe Iranian actors to be the source of the emails.

"It is clear that Iran is now actively seeking to sow dissent and divide us, much like Russia did in 2016 and continues to do today," the senators said.

"Above all, Russia and Iran want the losing side to reject the election outcome in order to undermine the winner's legitimacy and spark a constitutional crisis," Rubio added in a tweet last night.

"Staging fake voter intimidation and sensationalist last-minute claims of widespread election fraud lays the groundwork for this.".

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said in an interview Wednesday night after the press conference that "it was clear to me that the intent of Iran in this case, and Russia in many more cases, is to basically undermine confidence in our elections.".

We encourage everyone to seek election and voting information from reliable sources—namely, your state election officials

"As we enter the last weeks before the election, we urge every American—including members of the media—to be cautious about believing or spreading unverified, sensational claims related to votes and voting," the senators said

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