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FBI, DHS Confirm Florida Election System Not Hacked, Contrary To Dem Senator’s Claims

Ashe Schow

Earlier this month, Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) claimed that Russians had “penetrated” the Florida election system. Now the FBI and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have written a letter definitively contradicting his claims.

“They have already penetrated certain counties in the state and they now have free rein to move about,” he told the Tampa Bay Times on August 8. “We were requested by the chairman and vice chairman of the Intelligence Committee to let the supervisors of election in Florida know that the Russians are in their records.”

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