FBI: Russian actors behind online video of mail-in ballots being destroyed

A security camera watches over a mail-in ballot drop box outside the Chester County Government Services Center in West Chester, Pennsylvania (Matt Slocum/AP)

Russian actors were behind a widely circulated video falsely depicting mail-in ballots for Donald Trump being destroyed in Pennsylvania, US officials confirmed on Friday.

The video was shared on social media on Thursday but was debunked within three hours by local election officials and law enforcement after members of the public reported it.