The FBI is warning that a pair of videos circulating online that purport to be from the bureau are fake, including one making false claims about arresting groups linked to the Democratic party for ballot fraud.

“The FBI is aware of two videos falsely claiming to be from the FBI relating to election security, one stating the FBI has apprehended linked groups committing ballot fraud and a second relating to the Second Gentleman,” the agency said in a statement Saturday.

In one of the videos viewed by CyberScoop, a voice plays over still photos of individuals wearing FBI shirts and other images claiming that “three linked groups have been apprehended for rigging early voting by mail in ballots.”

The video goes on to claim that lists of recently deceased U.S. citizens and Americans over the age of 90 were used “for electoral falsification.”

It also includes supposed quotes from the investigative journalist Eliot Higgins, who writes for Bellingcat, an organization that uses open-source research techniques to debunk false narratives and has been a constant thorn in the side of the Russian government.

In the video, Higgins is quoted as saying “we have seen this before in 2020” and while the FBI did a “great job” then “that does not mean the election will be transparent and honest.” The video ends by claiming “we don’t know how many such groups, acting on behalf of the Democrats, there are still in the United States.”

CyberScoop has reached out to Higgins through Bellingcat for...

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