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Russians indicted in special counsel's probe (truncated)
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/16/russians-indicted-in-special-counsel-robert-muellers-probe.html ^

Posted on 02/16/2018 9:57:29 AM PST by outpostinmass2

The special counsel's office said Friday that a federal grand jury indicted 13 Russian nationals and three Russian entities in the probe into Russian interference in the 2016 elections.

The indictment says that the defendants allegedly, by early to mid 2016, were "supporting the presidential campaign of then-candidate Donald J. Trump ... and disparaging Hillary Clinton."

An announcement from special counsel Robert Mueller's office said that the government accuses all the defendants of conspiracy to defraud the United States. Three defendants are charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud. Five defendants are charged with aggravated identity theft.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption
KEYWORDS: clinton; fridayafterrushdump; fridaynewsdump; hillarylost; indictment; mueller; muellerinvestigation; muelleroutofcontrol; muellerrussia; russia; russians; russiansindicted; trump
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To: Eddie01

That would be Reuben sandwich with Russian dressing.


61 posted on 02/16/2018 10:31:47 AM PST by Garvin (Always remember folks, kill a commie for mommy ~ Semper Fi, Mac!)
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To: outpostinmass2
 
 
Wow - charges made on political grounds, just like back home in Russia. More proof we are continuing on a trajectory towards becoming the new USSR.
 
 

62 posted on 02/16/2018 10:36:47 AM PST by lapsus calami (What's that stink? Code Pink ! ! And their buddy Murtha, too!)
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To: outpostinmass2

They engaged in operations primarily intended to communicate derogatory information about Hillary Clinton, to denigrate other candidates such as Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, and to support Bernie Sanders and then-candidate Donald Trump.

Did the Russians want a Bernie Sanders versus Donald Trump match up?


63 posted on 02/16/2018 10:37:04 AM PST by Garvin (Always remember folks, kill a commie for mommy ~ Semper Fi, Mac!)
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To: Cboldt
I just skimmed through the indictment and I can’t believe Mueller brought an indictment for this. Ticky tack stuff in a world where everyone is trying to influence everyone’s election. Heck, our own media, FB & Twitter does it.
64 posted on 02/16/2018 10:37:40 AM PST by LuvFreeRepublic ( #MAGA)
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To: Kahuna

Looks like the Russian may have help save our Republic.


65 posted on 02/16/2018 10:38:08 AM PST by Oldexpat
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To: Garvin

This is laughable.


66 posted on 02/16/2018 10:39:37 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: LuvFreeRepublic

Russians “allegedly” staged rallies both for and AGAINST Trump.


67 posted on 02/16/2018 10:40:23 AM PST by rdl6989
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To: Cboldt

Thanks for the link. #Nothingburger


68 posted on 02/16/2018 10:40:29 AM PST by LuvFreeRepublic ( #MAGA)
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To: 1Old Pro

theyve had this for awhile..just waiting for the right time to drop it...after they botched the Florida shooting...bingo...


69 posted on 02/16/2018 10:40:47 AM PST by basalt
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To: Garvin

Who knows. They indicted a Russian for paying an actor to dress as Hillary in a prison jumpsuit standing in a cage.

Really????


70 posted on 02/16/2018 10:41:26 AM PST by outpostinmass2
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To: rdl6989

Interesting that some of their operations started back in 2014, but Russia, Russia, Russia, AND Trump.


71 posted on 02/16/2018 10:42:03 AM PST by LuvFreeRepublic ( #MAGA)
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To: outpostinmass2
CONFESSIONS of a CONGRESSIONAL STAFFER: Mueller Working With Russian Operatives To Bolster Anti-Trump Investigation?
72 posted on 02/16/2018 10:42:13 AM PST by Art in Idaho (Conservatism is the only Hope for Western Civilization.)
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To: LuvFreeRepublic
I'm reading it now, and notice the pejorative "interfere with election" being used instead of the more accurate "protected 1st amendment activity."

Mueller's legal theory is based on the risible fiction that "advocacy" and "interference" are synonymous; and further that "interference in an election" is a crime.

Given the dismal state of public education and the hackery that passes for government and press, Mueller's rhetoric will be accepted as a profound and righteous indictment; evidence that 17 government agencies were right on the money about "Russian collusion," etc.

Mueller is doing the typical "spread more mud" action that I come to expect from our overlords.

73 posted on 02/16/2018 10:43:37 AM PST by Cboldt
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To: outpostinmass2

Well, they finally got Trump.../ S


74 posted on 02/16/2018 10:44:16 AM PST by Popman (My sin was great, Your love was greater  What could separate us now…)
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To: outpostinmass2

is the below really true - we need to make jokes about this?


Who knows. They indicted a Russian for paying an actor to dress as Hillary in a prison jumpsuit standing in a cage.

Really????


75 posted on 02/16/2018 10:46:49 AM PST by bob_esb (wAT)
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To: outpostinmass2

That’s interesting. And by BS, I mean they had no particular investment in Trump. They were playing both sides of the fence for their own ends.


76 posted on 02/16/2018 10:49:13 AM PST by MileHi (Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
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To: LuvFreeRepublic

Now we no that NO Americans were knowingly working with the Russians. The ballgame appears to be over.


77 posted on 02/16/2018 10:49:20 AM PST by rdl6989
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To: Cboldt
I was wondering about the 1st Amendment issue too. How many non citizens ‘interfered with our election’ and how much outside money poured into the US for groups to ‘interfere’ in our election. Mueller will go down in history, but not in a favorable way.
78 posted on 02/16/2018 10:52:54 AM PST by LuvFreeRepublic ( #MAGA)
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To: outpostinmass2

Good god. They indicted...

Russian Internet Trolls!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hahahahahahaha!!!!!! (gasp) hahahahahaha!!!!
omg my sides hurt
hahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!


79 posted on 02/16/2018 10:55:21 AM PST by Basket_of_Deplorables (SEDITION! Obama DOJ colluded to try overthrow the President!)
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To: LuvFreeRepublic
Reading the indictment, it is more an indictment of universal suffrage than anything else.

"There are people on the internet, misrepresenting who they are!"

All the while we have an admitted dual citizen as POTUS, and Congress never one time discussed or concluded that dual citizen equals natural born citizen.

We have the most f'd up government on the face of the planet - "We're number one!"

80 posted on 02/16/2018 10:57:48 AM PST by Cboldt
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