We will know which candidate you voted for. Change your party affiliation to Republican to let us know you received our message and will comply. You will vote for Trump on Election Day or we will come after you. But he said that government officials “have already seen Iran sending spoofed emails designed to intimidate voters, incite social unrest, and damage President Trump,” referring to the recent emails that had claimed to be sent by the Proud Boys. Some of the emails in question read: “You are currently registered as a Democrat and we know this because we have gained access into the entire voting infrastructure. Some of that voter data is public, Ratcliffe noted. “This data can be used by foreign actors to attempt to communicate false information to registered voters that they hope will cause confusion, sow chaos, and undermine your confidence in American democracy.” “We have confirmed that some voter-registration information has been obtained by Iran and separately by Russia,” said Ratcliffe, a Donald Trump loyalist appointed to the top intelligence post this past spring.

In a hastily arranged news conference Wednesday night, Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe and FBI Director Christopher Wray came out in tandem to announce that Iran-and not far-right group the Proud Boys-was behind threatening emails sent to Democrats.

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