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."
Desperate attempt by Robert Mueller, Rats and Deep Swamp to avoid eventual punishment for their coup conspiracy and attempt against DJT.
Today’s “quick, look over there at the shiny object” diversion from the DOJ/Mueller/Rosenschmeckel cabal. Meanwhile Rip Van Sessions came out of hibernation, uttered a few unintelligible words, scratched his balls, and went back to sleep.
This qas going on right under the nose of the completely incompetent and corrupt obozo regime.
Which did nothing but emphatically state there was no way the Russians could impact the election.
I think Mueller has shot his wad....
and it’s a big NOTHING.
And, it’s funny he released it today when he knew full well it would compete with the Fla high school shooting.
THAT is so unlike Mueller.
Wow We are having fun now. :>)
So, let me see if I get this right. People wrote stuff on the internet that had to do with the US election, some of it may have been false. And this means what, that we can’t trust the internet for accuracy?? You mean there isn’t one simple trick for losing belly fat??????????????????????????
Who is this Eric Swallowell & why is he going nyah nyah nyah at DJT?
Fake news. Mueller is indicting internet phantoms who will never face arrest.
Why doesn’t he indict the clouds & the winds for causing hurricanes? Why doesn’t Mueller command the tides to obey him?
Low level trolls.
What - no SVR or GRU agents?
A private St. Petersburg Internet firm. Sheesh.
When did Candidate Trump declare himself to be a candidate?
““Do you believe it now?” Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) asked Trump following the news.”
Eric represents the district just to the south of us. He is a certified moron.
13 Russian nationals, at what cost?
Sound like they are trying to justify the spying. “There really was a threat, we followed the leads and we ended up spying on Trump. Our bad, can we go home now?”
It’s against the law to say mean things about Hillary.?
Ok lock up half the country..
FU, Small Smell. This is NOT evidence of Trump colluding with the Russkies, as much as you would like it to be.
Why hasn’t the British spook who crafted the fake dossier to influence our elections been indicted?
Proving what I’ve believed for many decades - it’s easier to get elected than to get hired.
Believe what?
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Believe that Mueller is grasping at straws - desperately and lamely trying to find any insignificant non-issue on which to glom onto?
Yep, I sure do.
Meanwhile there’s a mountain of clear evidence against the Obama/Clinton DOJ/FBI for election interference and collusion and Mueller is ignoring it.
I think our elected officials, and the bureaucrats they hire do a pretty good job of that on their own. Can't really blame the Russians, now, can we?
And how about the tip to the FBI about an impending school shooter? Did the Russians drop the ball on that one, or did the FBI do that all on their own?
Mulehead/Schiffless/DOJ/FBI and our worthless mediots now have proof that Trump met with a Russian agent/whore and liar during 2016!
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