Video of election ballots being destroyed faked by Russia: US Officials

Federal officials said on Oct 25 that a video showing mailed-in ballots in Pennsylvania being destroyed was a fake, created by Russia as part of Moscow's efforts to influence the US presidential election.

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence has issued repeated warnings about Russia's attempts to sow chaos and undermine faith in the integrity of the presidential vote.

The video falsely showing destroyed ballots was part of that campaign, the office said in a joint statement with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).

In the statement, intelligence officials said they expected both in the approach to the election and in the weeks after that Russia would "create and release additional media content that seeks to undermine trust in the integrity of the election and divide Americans".