FBI Investigates Automated Telephone Calls With False Information About US Elections | 2020 U.S. elections

According to a senior official at the Cyber ​​Security and Infrastructure Agency (CISA), an area within the FBI, this is “voter intimidation, a crackdown tactic.”

US broadcaster “ABC News” confirmed that some of the calls are made to voters in the state of Michigan, with a focus on the city of Flint, where the majority of residents are black.

On Tuesday afternoon, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said she was receiving reports of robocalls to residents of the city of Flint.

Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson said the phone calls “spread misinformation on purpose.” In New York, Attorney General Letitia James also said she was investigating links to false information.

“Attempts to prevent voters from exercising the right to vote are discouraging and erroneous, and they also hinder. They are also illegal and will not be tolerated,” James said in an official statement.

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