Dan De Luce

Any effort to derail the electoral process would run up against an array of new guardrails, legal experts say.

In recent years, Iran has been accused of sending threatening and intimidating emails and text messages to citizens of three countries.

Scarred by their experience in 2016, intelligence agencies and the Justice Department are moving faster to expose disinformation to try to knock foreign actors off balance.

Comments by an adviser to the supreme leader were the latest bellicose statement from Iran amid its high-stakes tit-for-tat with Israel.

Experts warned that the new videos, which also appear designed to stoke racial animus, have gained large numbers of viewers online.

The case is the latest example of a wider Russian sabotage campaign to disrupt Western support for Ukraine, officials say,

No bombs were found, and disruptions to voting were minimal. The FBI said threats made in Georgia, Wisconsin, Michigan and Arizona came from Russian email domains.

Spy agencies could be pressured to skew their findings to suit Trump's political agenda or, in a worst-case scenario, used to spy on domestic political opponents, former officials say.

Tulsi Gabbard, who has never worked in the intelligence world, has denied accusations that she promoted Kremlin disinformation.

The message came after the Biden administration warned an attempt on Trump's life would be an act of war, the official said.