Former Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum thinks Florida residents should know which counties Russia hacked.
“The governor of this state was informed and then signed a rather untraditional [nondisclosure agreement] apparently with the federal government saying that he would not share which counties in the state of Florida were impacted, and then you’ve had a number of those counties that have been surveyed that have said that they weren’t intruded upon,” the Democrat said in a CNN interview Friday.
Russian agents gained access to voter registration information in two Florida counties in 2016, according to recent reports.
“The Russians know what they did, apparently the FBI has some indication of what was done, and the most important people who need to know, which are the voters of the state of Florida, are left in the dark. We don’t know if it was one county, two counties, more counties? Did they enter the system in 2016 and then leave the system in 2018?” he said.
“The Russians know how they hacked our elections,” Gillum tweeted while sharing his interview.
The Russians know how they hacked our elections. Apparently the FBI has some indication, but the most important people who need to know — the voters of Florida — are left in the dark. That’s not right and it’s no way to ensure our elections are uncorrupted. pic.twitter.com/A9TOy7Duaj
— Andrew Gillum (@AndrewGillum) May 17, 2019
The New York Times reported the FBI has marked the information classified and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, the Republican who defeated former Tallahassee mayor Gillum in a hard-fought 2018 gubernatorial race, signed a nondisclosure agreement that prevents him from revealing the two counties. The FBI maintains there is no evidence that the Russian hackers altered any votes.
