US counterintelligence chief says foreign adversaries are exploiting Trump's lies to influence elect
Source: CNN
The top US intelligence official on election security says that foreign adversaries are exploiting lies by President Donald Trump in their campaigns to influence the 2020 election.
Bill Evanina, the Director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center, agreed when asked by Hearst Television that foreign powers are using the numerous exaggerated and false claims Trump has made about mail-in voting, voting multiple times and 2020 being the most fraudulent election in history.
"If they see a reference made by the President of the United States, a prominent US Senator, a business person, someone who America looks at as a voice of reason, and they believe it suits their interests, they will amplify that by a thousand to make sure that the most amount of people see it," Evanina said.
Mail-in voting is a favorite target of Trump's, who has routinely spread false information on the way many Americans plan to vote during the pandemic.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/08/politics/evanina-trump-election-lies-exploited/index.html
= new reply since forum marked as read
