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."
Donald Trump announces candidacy for president - 16 June 2015
love you GD - love everybody out here fighting for what’s right.
I’ll clean it up.
Let’s dig a little deeper.
Are illegal’s American citizens? No. Thus, every illegal that posts anti trump stuff on facebook, and every illegal brought on stage at a dnc rally....is a foreign agent interfering with our democracy.
The NYT’s? Isn’t that partially owned by a Mexican rich guy? That sounds like foreign agents working to undermine our president.
I mean this whole thing is silly, these charges are nonsense.
Did Townhall not think is important to mention the Bernie Bros created by the Russians?
I’d be interested in seeing how many attendees there were at the Russian organized “Marches For Trump”.
You can really indict a ham sandwich, especially when they live overseas and cannot defend themselves.
I think you’re onto something.
And if you recall Mitt Romney was warning about the Russians in 2012 when he had the debate with that arrogant pos occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Barack Hussein 0bama.
Yeah. They get their indictments and close the investigation.
And on to the REAL investigation. re: the subject of the Nunes memo.
Maintaining traditions is important.
There is a group in Portland, OR doing exactly the same thing but their budget is probably 20M/year
Well it’s time to wrap this investigation up....especially since it continues to uncover a crooked FBI.
“Its against the law to say mean things about Hillary.?
Ok lock up half the country..”
In a just world, that would happen. Not sure I live in a just world.
I look forward to the testimony of the Russians who trolled the stupid Adam Schiff and other congress cretins
I’ve seen a lot of videos like that. It’s kinda fun to watch. There is the one of the brake checker that runs his camaro up a utility pole. :)
Yep
So does this mean that he has patsies that will say anything he wants? Free and back to Russia as soon as Trump is out?
Vee think Tromp svell guy! Heelary crook!
BINGO.
Who knows? Maybe some or all of these Russian clowns are indeed the same trolls who made Schiff for brains look like an idiot.
Mueller is playing payback.
lol
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