"Two senators — bipartisan — reached out to the election apparatus in Florida to let them know that the Russians are in the records, and all they have to do, if those election records are not protected, is to go in and start eliminating registered voters."

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✓the-washington-post-fact-checker rating: not credible; published on 2018-08-17

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not credible

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left political leaning

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neutral sentiment

Date published

2018-08-17

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