US intelligence agencies say “Russian influence actors” are behind a fake video alleging election fraud in Arizona.
The video was posted on X by a now-suspended pro-Kremlin account and viewed over 200,000 times.
It features an unnamed man claiming to be a former aide to Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes, alleging he saw evidence of “massive fraud against Donald Trump”.
Fontes dismissed the claims as false.
The man’s face in the video is pixelated and his voice – which sounds robotic, monotonous and has unnatural pauses – exhibits hallmarks consistent with AI-generated audio.
The video was produced by the Russian Foundation to Battle Injustice (“FBI”), which was set up in 2021 by the late oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin. Before his death, Prigozhin was sanctioned in the US for election interference.
The organisation’s content is often amplified by the Russian influence operation ‘Storm-1516’, which has been linked to several suspected election fakes.
