Officials from the FBI and two other agencies have instead claimed that Russia, China and Iran are trying to stoke discord among voters
US authorities have not detected any attempts by foreign actors to directly interfere in the upcoming November 5 presidential election, representatives of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the Federal Bureau of Intelligence (FBI) have stated. Intelligence officials did, however, claim that Russia, Iran and China are trying to sway public opinion and sow discord in American society.
During the 2016 and 2020 elections, US intelligence agencies repeatedly alleged that Moscow was deploying hackers and using “information warfare” to swing the vote in favor of Donald Trump.
None of these claims have been proven true; a report released by Special Counsel Robert Mueller in 2019 found them to be baseless.
During a multi-agency press…