FBI: Threatening email to Florida Democrats a 'spoof' from a foreign government

The threatening email listed as it’s sender, the “Proud Boys,” a right-wing group that clashed with civil rights protesters at demonstrations.

But a day after the email surface, John Ratcliffe, the Director of National Intelligence said the emails made to look like they were from the Proud Boys, were concocted by an overseas adversary.

COMMENTS FROM THE F-B-I..

AFTERTHREATENING EMAILS TO VOTERSINCLUDING HERE IN FLORIDA.

NOWFEDERAL OFFICIALS AREREVEALING WHO THEY SAY IBEHIND THE EFFORT.

CONTACTFIVE INVESTIGATOR DAVEBOHMAN'S IN WITH THISUPDATE....THE THREATENING E- MAIL ...LISTED AS ITRIGHT GROUP, THE PROUD BOYS,KNOWN FOR THEIR CLASHES WITHDEMONSTRATORS AT CIVIL RIGHTSPROTESTS.

BUT FEDERAOFFICIALS SAY THE EMAILS MADETO LOOK LIKE THE PROUD BOYSWERE THE WORK OF AN ADVERSARYTRYING TO INCITE SOCIALUNREST.<< [ JOHN RATCLIFFE / DIRECTOROF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ]“WEWOULD LIKE TO ALERT THE PUBLICTHAT TWO FOREIGN ACTORS, IRANAND RUSSIA HAVE TAKEN SPECIFICACTIONS TO INFLUENCE PUBLIOPINION RELATING TO OURELECTIONS” DIRECTOR OFNATIONAL INTELLIGENCE JOHNRATCLIFFE IS REFERRING TO THISEMAIL WITH THE SUBJECT TITLE,VOTE FOR TRUMP OR ELSE.

LAWSCHOOL STUDENT LILLIAN ROZSAFROM LOXAHATCHEE RECEIVED THEEMAIL.

[ LILLIAN ROZSA ] [2:10 ]“AND I THOUGHT, WOW!YIKES” SHE FOUND ITMESSAGE&CHILLING.

[ LILLIANROZSAÃFROM READING THEEMAIL] [ :25 ]“WE HAVE GAINEDACCESS INTO THE ENTIRE VOTINGINFRASTRUCTURE.

YOU WILL VOTEFOR TRUMP ON ELECTION DAY, ORWE WILL COME AFTER YOU” LAWENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS INCENTRAL FLORIDA SAY THE EMAILWAS REPORTED IN FOUR FLORIDACOUNTIES.

IN MIAMI,VINDICATION FOR FLORIDA PROUDBOYS CHAIRMAN ENRIQUE TORRIA.HE SAID ORGANIZATION HADNOTHING TO DO WITH TTHREATENING EMAIL.

AND INWASHINGTON, THE HEAD OF THF-B-I HAD TOUGH TALK FOR THEADVERSARIES WITH THE MAILIDESIGNED TO CONFUSE ANDFRIGHTEN VOTERS.

[CHRISTOPHERWRAY F.B.I DIRECTOR ]“WE ARENOT GOING TO TOLERATE FOREIGINTERFERENCE IN OUR ELECTIONSOR ANY CRIMINAL ACTIVITY THATTHREATENS THE SANCTITY OF YOURVOTE OR UNDERMINES CONFIDENCEIN THE OUTCOME OF THEELECTION.