Feds looking at Russian interference in key battleground of Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Federal authorities believe a viral video spreading online showing mail ballots being destroyed in the key battleground suburb of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, might be a hoax perpetrated by Russia as part of its covert effort to help elect former President Donald Trump, a federal official exclusively told USA TODAY on Friday.
The video shows a stack of sealed mail ballot envelopes on a table as an unidentified man proceeds to open them and tear up ballots with votes for former President Donald Trump and return ballots for Vice President Kamala Harris.
"F--- Donald Trump," the man in the video said repeatedly as he rips up the ballots.
Bucks County officials said late Thursday that they were aware of a "fake" video that began circulating earlier in the day on social media purporting to show Bucks County mail-in ballots being opened and destroyed.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/10/25/russia-bucks-county-fake-ballot-tampering/75839548007/