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."
But, in their heart of hearts, the media is certain that this was due to the Trump Campaign!
Were they physically present in the US or was this all done online?
“No evidence suggests...”
Exactly. How is it possible to hack machines? Plus, how about all those foreigners who post on facebook about who they feel deserves to be elected POTUS? It all sounds like a bunch of bull unless they can prove that they can do anything to actually alter elections.
All online. Two of the 13 visited the US in 2014.
Most of the trolling that has been criminalized was done after the election, not before.
I missed the part of the indictment where they alleged Facebook, Youtube and Twitter attempted to sway the elections by quashing conservative viewpoints and user accounts.
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.
So Russians tried to discredit Hillary Clinton?
There is a joke punch line here - still no proof of collusion between the Russians and Trump.
And don’t look for the accused Russians to wind up behind bars anytime soon.
How much BS like this am I supposed to put up with?
Unless I’m mistaken. This indictment exonerates Trump and his team, and calls it out specifically. Or am I missing something.
Pro-Trump Russian trolls.
This will be Mueller’s swansong of a long public career. He’s going out a laughing stock.
I guess it’s against the law to be Russian and do anything other than give money to Hillary.
How much BS like this am I supposed to put up with?
On Facebook, I bet. Were there other disparaging remarks on FB about Hilary? haha, come and get me.
Doing the job other nimrods won’t do...
There is no There in the indictment!
13 Russian nationals indicted for interfering in US elections!*
The indictment – the first filed against Russian nationals as part of Mueller’s 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.
Further, the DOJ made clear that the indictment does not allege that any of the interference changed the outcome of the presidential race.
“There is no allegation in the indictment that the charged conduct altered the outcome of the 2016 election.” - Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein
Rosenstein, though, said that after the election, the group worked both to stage rallies in favor of President-elect Trump and in opposition to his election.
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