Breaking: Multiple states hit by election-day threats as officials point to Russia
Poll sites in four key states got fake bomb alerts during yesterdayʼs voting. FBI traced threats to Russian email domains while local officials had to briefly stop work in some locations
Several voting places in battle-ground states faced unexpected troubles on election-day‚ when fake bomb-threats caused short-term shutdowns (most of them happened in Georgia Michigan Arizona and Wisconsin)
The FBI quickly stepped in: looking at these threats they found links to Russian email accounts but didnt find any real danger. Two poll sites in Fulton County Georgia had to stop work for half-an-hour which made officials ask court to let people vote after normal end-time
Theyʼre up to mischief and dont want us to have a smooth fair and accurate election
Russian officials pushed back hard against these claims; saying they respect Americanʼs voting rights and stay away from US inner matters. Still Adrian Fontes Arizonaʼs top election person wasnt happy with situation: his state got four similar threats in Navajo County
This event fits into bigger picture of outside meddling - just few days ago US intel-people found fake videos showing made-up illegal voting in Georgia and false bribe stories about Kamala Harris campaign team. More than 25 threats hit Georgia alone with most targeting Atlanta area
The threats came during tight race between Harris and Trump for White House spot. Election workers kept doing their jobs despite these tryʼs to mess things up: Wisconsinʼs poll chief Ann Jacobs said voting went on as planned even after getting scary messages in Madison
