Posted on 02/16/2018 12:30:15 PM PST by Kaslin
Special counsel Robert Mueller has charged 13 Russian nationals for conspiring against the U.S. They are accused of interfering with our elections.
BREAKING: A federal grand jury has indicted 13 Russian nationals “accused of violating US criminal laws in order to interfere with US elections and political processes.” Here it is: https://t.co/4T824L01yk pic.twitter.com/k9nyOicheb— Matt Viser (@mviser) February 16, 2018
"The nationals had a strategic goal to sow discord in the U.S. political system, including the 2016 U.S. presidential election," the 37-page document reads.
The nationals spent about $1.2 mil for its interference operation, the document continues, reportedly to "support" the Trump campaign and "disparage" the Hillary Clinton campaign.
Some of the defendants spoke with “unwitting” Trump campaign aides.
Despite President Trump dismissing talks of Russian collusion as a "hoax," CNN's chief national security correspondent Jim Sciutto said "there has to be read hard proof" in order to pursue indictments like these.
"Do you believe it now?" Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) asked Trump following the news.
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein officially announced the indictment from the DOJ headquarters Friday.
The 13 defendants, he explained, worked with false identification and posed as politically active Americans advocating for and against specific candidates. They purchased political advertisements on social media, staged political rallies, organized protests both for and against president-elect Donald Trump, and pretended to be grassroots activists, while recruiting Americans.
“These Americans did not know they were communicating with Russians,” Rosenstein said.
No allegation suggests that the nationals altered the outcome of the election.
"They want to undermine public confidence in democracy," Rosenstein explained. "We must not allow them to succeed."
Failure to execute mustard?
“The indictment the first filed against Russian nationals as part of Muellers probe effectively returns focus to the meddling activities out of Russia in the run-up to the 2016 election, following a string of charges relating to the actions of Trump associates.”
Notice how the paragraph is worded to imply a connection between the activities out of Russia and Trump associates? Were suppose to ignore that the indictment in its own wording denies such.
Be careful. The second leading stockholder in FNC is a Saudi prince.
No apostrophe in “illegals.”
Yes, one thing at least that Mittens was right about.
Personally I have little confidence in democracy. Which is why I am glad we live in a republic.
So spreading fake news is OK if you’re CNN or MSNBC, but not if you’re a Russian???
Amen.
Yum!
about as valuable as an Arab nation charging any one of us of blasphemy of their pedophile prophet. yawn. our laws have no jurisdiction over them.
Fake Russians
This needs to be our push now. To label the illegals as meddlers, conspirators and coup pushers.
Then put the liberals who love the liberals in the same categories as enablers.
“Are illegals American citizens? No. Thus, every illegal that posts anti trump stuff on face book, and every illegal brought on stage at a dnc rally....is a foreign agent interfering with our democracy.”
Someone should have asked Rosenstein where in the US Constitution it says anything about “democracy” or “democratic.” But they might have to explain to him first what is meant by the term “Constitution of the United States.”
Is it illegal for a foreigner in the US to organize or help organize a political rally?
I agree the charges are nonsense, but if they stick they’re precedent for prosecuting and presumably deporting any non-US citizen who takes part in protests aimed at a candidate for office, or engages in campaigning in the flesh or online.
Woo-hoo! Let’s insist Sessions direct the FBI to start making a (very long) list of illegal alien suspects and WORKING it. Prosecute with the same vigor as would apply to any other cases of espionage and sedition.
On a July 2017 program, Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough stared into the camera and invited people to contact him if theyre aware of a presidential campaign that accepted oppo research or support from a foreign power.
Hey, Mika/Joe how about Mexico interfering with every US election since LBJ was president with donations, bribes and millions of Illegal voters?
Carlos Slim* owns a large share of the NY Slimes and ensures that the Slimes has had daily hit pieces on Candidate and President Trump for close to two years!
What Country provided at least 90% of the illegal voters in 2016. It wasnt Russia/Russia!
Mexico has been interfering with our elections since LBJ was president. It wasnt the evil Russians interfering with our elections. It has been and is the evil and elite white rulers of the Mexican Government and their illegals sent here forced to come here by the elite Mexican Rulers.
Last year, hundreds of illegal aliens and other sanctuary city advocates filled the Texas House gallery to protest a bill that will protect Texans from criminal illegal aliens.
During that protest some illegal aliens held signs saying I am illegal and here to stay. Texas Republican Representative Matt Rinaldi then decided to call ICE on the self described illegals.
The Russia/Russia bs was and still is, just a rat and rino distraction from the real meddlers and real interfering evil scum of our elections. The Mexican Government, their illegals here, the rat politicians, and our Rinos, who want them for their cheap labor and votes. These scumbags are the real meddlers in our election, not Russia!
Illegals and their liberal supporters threatening Texas legislators for daring to uphold our laws re immigration in the Gallery @ the Texas Legislature Building.
How many millions of $s/Pesos has Mexico donated to the democrats to keep their illegals in America, since LBJ?
How much Mexican money did Obama and Clinton receive personally and for their elections?
How many illegal Mexicans voted for Illiarily in the 2016 election and for Obama's two terms?
How many illegal Mexicans voted for rats to control our cities, counties, states and of course at our federal level in 2016?
How many Hispanic tv channels like Univision, do we have on Comcast, Direct TV, Dish TV and other tv providers, that we pay for, and we dont speak Spanish? Who owns those Spanish only channels? Why do we have to pay for Spanish TV channels/stations, when we dont speak Spanish? Didn't these Hispanic channels/stations support Clinton in 2016?
Again: Who owns a large % of the NY Slimes and other US election meddling companies?
It is past time for our Congress to stop the Mexican meddling/interference/hacking at every level in America.
How many millions of $s has Mexico donated to the democrats to keep their illegals here, at every level, city, county, state and Federal level?
Again, the Russia/Russia bs was just a rat and rino distraction from the real meddlers and real interfering evil scum of our elections, the elite rulers of Mexico and their illegals in America.
ATTENTION RUSSIAN AGENTS AND SPIES! If you wish to collude with candidate Trump, take a number and be seated.
The Mexican Government, their illegals here, the rat politicians controlled by them, and our Rinos, who want them for their cheap labor and votes, are the real meddlers in our elections, not Russia!
It is time to enforce our standing laws against illegal Mexican immigration and Mexican illegals voting!
*Carlos Slim Helú (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkaɾlos esˈlim eˈlu]; born January 28, 1940) is a Mexican business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. From 2010 to 2013, Slim was ranked as the richest person in the world.
Which of the 13 provided info to Steele and the Klintonites for the phony dossier?
Is a “Russian National” different than a Russian ?
LOL!
It would appear Mueller implicitly has indicted Obama for “Conspiracy Against Israel,” as BHO shipped over hundreds of thousands of dollars to pay for workers to campaign against Bibi’s re-election.
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