国会情报委员会的民主党首席议员周三表示，他们收到了一份情报简报，称俄罗斯正在针对下个月中期选举中参选的民主党人发动虚假信息运动。
The top Democratic lawmakers on the congressional intelligence committees on Wednesday said they received an intelligence briefing that Russia has been waging a misinformation campaign against Democrats running in next month's midterm elections.
参议员马克·沃纳和众议员吉姆·海姆斯的这番言论，正值共和党总统唐纳德·特朗普在最近几周放宽了对俄罗斯的经济制裁，并加大了对乌克兰施压，要求其结束对抗俄罗斯军队的战斗之际。
The comments by Senator Mark Warner and Representative Jim Himes come as Republican President Donald Trump has in recent weeks eased economic sanctions on Russia and increased pressure on Ukraine to end its fight against Russian forces.
沃纳和海姆斯告诉记者，他们在披露从国家情报总监杰伊·克莱顿处请求获得的选举安全简报所获信息方面受到限制，因为这些信息属于机密。
Warner and Himes told reporters they were limited in revealing what they had learned in an election security briefing that they had requested from Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton because it was classified.
但他们表示，俄罗斯正在发动与美国情报界在2016年、2020年和2024年美国大选中追踪到的同类在线虚假信息运动。
But, they said, Russia was waging the same kind of online misinformation campaign that the US intelligence community had tracked in US elections in 2016, 2020, and 2024."
沃纳说：“我认为目前的情况是，俄罗斯和以往一样，正在针对民主党人。”
And the state of play, I would argue, is that, you know, Russia, similar to prior occasions, is going after Democrats," Warner said.
他提到新闻报道称，正在德克萨斯州竞选联邦参议员的民主党人詹姆斯·塔拉里科，以及在佐治亚州寻求连任的参议员乔恩·奥索夫，“特别是正遭到”由人工智能制作的假视频攻击。白宫和国家情报总监办公室未立即回应置评请求。
He noted news reports that Democrat James Talarico, who is running for the US Senate in Texas, and Senator Jon Ossoff, who is seeking re-election in Georgia, "in particular are being dinged" by fake s created with AI. The White House and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
俄罗斯大使馆未立即回应置评请求。莫斯科方面过去曾否认干预美国大选。
The Russian embassy did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Moscow in the past has denied meddling in US elections.
海姆斯表示，两人无法提供俄罗斯散布的虚假信息细节，因为材料属于机密。但他补充说，莫斯科的行为是“老一套，毫无新意”。海姆斯说：“俄罗斯人基本上是在把所有东西都抛出来。”
Himes said the pair could not provide details of the misinformation spread by Russia because the material was classified. But he added that Moscow's conduct has been "the same old, same old."" The Russians are kind of throwing everything out there," said Himes.
“你知道的，整个选举过程一片混乱；千万不要相信那些投票机器的可靠性。”他还表示，没有理由怀疑中国没有像过去那样，采取“极具针对性的”手段来影响选民的投票决定。中国大使馆没有立即回应这一请求。此前，北京方面曾否认干涉美国选举。最近的民意调查显示，在全国范围内，民主党在国会选举中的支持率明显领先于共和党——领先幅度在个位数到两位数之间，这增强了民主党重新掌控众议院甚至参议院的希望。
"Chaos, you know, don't trust your voting machines." He added there was "no reason to believe" that China has not been conducting "extremely targeted" efforts as it has done in the past to influence voters. The Chinese embassy did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Beijing has previously denied interfering in US elections. Recent polls show Democrats leading Republicans on the generic congressional ballotRecent Reuters/Ipsos polling has shown Democrats leading Republicans on the generic congressional ballot by high single digits to low double digits nationally, bolstering Democratic hopes of regaining control of the House of Representatives and possibly the Senate.
这些议员们担心特朗普可能会试图质疑选举结果，比如声称选举系统遭到了外部黑客攻击。海姆斯强调：“没有任何证据表明有任何国家具备入侵美国选举系统并改变选举结果的能力或意图；事实上，美国选举系统本身就拥有相当强大的安全防护机制。”
The lawmakers said they were concerned that Trump could pursue efforts to contest election results, including by claiming foreign hacking of voting infrastructure. Himes emphasized that there was no evidence that any country could penetrate US election systems and change results." Nothing out there suggests that there is even the capability or the intent to do interference, whereas there is a pretty robust influence environment," said Himes.