(Washington) US Foreign Minister Mike Pompeo on Wednesday announced that the United States will award a 10 million US dollar award for the arrest of any foreign actor interfering in the November elections.
Posted on August 5 2020 at 17 h 00
France Media Agency
The United States “offers a reward of up to 10 millions of dollars for information allowing to identify or locate any person which, acting under the orders or under the control of a foreign government, interferes in the American elections ”, declared the American secretary of state during a press conference.
The United States encourages anyone with information about foreign interference in the United States elections, “through certain illegal cyber activities”, to contact the United States government or the nearest United States Embassy. , the State Department said in a statement.
The financial rewards program for the arrest of wanted persons by the United States justice system is administered by the State Department. Since its creation in 1984, more than 150 millions of dollars have been paid to around a hundred people in the world, underlines the press release.
Democratic leaders in the US Congress said last month that they were very “concerned” by a campaign of disinformation orchestrated from abroad, which they said aims to influence the presidential election of November 3.
The American intelligence services all accuse Russia of having meddled in the presidential election of 2016, in particular with the help of hackers and massive campaigns on social networks, to promote the candidacy of Donald Trump and embarrass his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, which Moscow has always firmly denied.
In February, intelligence officials mentioned further Russian interference in the campaign 2020, still intended to favor Donald Trump, during a briefing in Congress supposed to remain confidential , but which had leaked to the media.