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."
I guess it’s against the law to be Russian and do anything other than give money to Hillary.
"They want to undermine public confidence in democracy," Rosenstein explained. "We must not allow them to succeed."
NSS! It's the Russians. They've been doing this for, oh, about 100 years now. They have heavily influenced our political systems for many, many years. Especially on the leftist side (democrats and media). Ever heard of the communist manifesto, ie, the demorat handbook?
I’m honestly beginning to think this is his “out” on this. That is, the investigation is over and this is what they found. And Flynn gets a big “never mind”.
(scratch head)
Didn’t the Obama admin send a full team at taxpayer expense to directly affect he elections in Israel?
Will they be going to jail as well?
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jul/12/obama-admin-sent-taxpayer-money-oust-netanyahu/
I could post several pages of the cr@p pulled by Bammy and the Clinton State Dept....
“Who is this Eric Swallowell & why is he going nyah nyah nyah at DJT?”
He’s the latest worthless pr!ck to represent Fremont, CA and a few points east. He “took” the seat from Fortney (Pete) Stark, who was an even bigger a$$hole. Fremont has become home to rug riders, elephant drivers, dune c*ons and assorted foreign trash that commutes over to Silicon Valley.
The ACLU will swing into action to defend.
Oh no. Not yet. Besides indicting 13 Rooskie bloggers - he's got one more wad to shoot. One more indictment.
The International Society for the Suppression of Savage Customs (ISSSC) Report is near conclusion...
the Mueller ‘investigation’ has finally reached its destination of Total Farce.
(and a huge distraction from the much-needed Swamp Draining!)
Bottom up photos of sht don’t make no sense.
Image. Stealing that.
The hoax president Trump is referring to is the unfounded charge that his campaign was in collusion with this Russian organization to influence the election. He wasn’t calling the fact that Russians have been influencing elections here for decades a hoax. Try to keep up!
Lol! I like the part of the indictment that calls out person under false pretenses holding sign that read “Happy 55th Birthday Dear Boss”.
https://www.justice.gov/file/1035477/download
That outfit has Hillary staring a clitoris.
Only problem is you can’t rub her face fast enough.
(i’m so going to hell)
To protect myself from any charges related to fraud, I hereby disclose that my real name is NOT "Alberta's Child."
“To protect myself from any charges related to fraud, I hereby disclose that my real name is NOT “Alberta’s Child.”
LMAO
>>I think Mueller has shot his wad....
You’re looking at it wrong. This is an attempt to justify the existence of Mueller.
“See, we got some of the russian agents already! the investigation MUST continue”
Meanwhile, the MSM will link this latest bucket of nothing charges, directly to Trump every day, all day.
“Gee, it’s obvious that trump is trying to derail the Mueller probe, to protect his friends in Russia”.
This is a Friday Dump, meant to keep the Russia Russia Russia story going, after it’s been off the air for a day or two because of the florida shooting.
You have deteriorated and need a rest!
More winning!
Indictment is written to provide a narrative for the MSM.
So I guess Israel will be indicting obama for trying to influence their election. He wasn’t even discreet about it. This is BS. As a taxpayer, I want my money back.
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