Posted on 04/23/2023 7:21:02 AM PDT by FLT-bird
4 ‘African Socialists’ charged with election meddling for Russia after FIB raided their homes
Four American socialists have been charged with election meddling and spreading Putin’s propaganda after they were arrested in dramatic FBI raids.
The four, are members of the African People’s Socialist Party.
Omali Yeshitela, the group’s chairman was one of the 4 Americans indicted Tuesday for “sowing discord, spreading pro-Russia propaganda and interfering in elections within the United States.”
The DOJ says that the 81-year-old veteran leader of the far-left group conspired along with three others to help Russian efforts to meddle in elections.
Yeshitela has called the charges an “asinine” attack on his organization.
“Russia’s foreign intelligence service allegedly weaponized our First Amendment rights to divide Americans and interfere in elections in the United States,” said Assistant AG Matthew Olsen of the Justice Department.
“The department will not hesitate to expose and prosecute those who sow discord and corrupt US elections in service of hostile foreign interests, regardless of whether the culprits are US citizens or foreign individuals abroad,” Olsen said.
Penny Joanne Hess, Jesse Nevel and Augustus Romain Jr. were the others named in the indictment.
Yeshitela has previously denied being a Russian agent.
“It seems to be a lot of BS from what I can see,” a source familiar with the defense told The Post.
“There doesn’t seem to be any actual evidence that they did the actual bidding of Russia.”
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
OK? That has nothing to do with these 4 Americans.....and the Russians do what the CIA's been doing for generations. That should come as no surprise.
Florida political group defends its ties with Russia after FBI alleges they teamed up with Kremlin agents in a 'brazen' attempt to interfere with US elections https://www.businessinsider.com/fbi-kremlin-agents-florida-political-group-election-interference-2022-7 ^ | July 29 2022 | Jake Epstein Posted on 7/29/2022, 10:33:57 PM by BrelliumA Florida socialist political group defended its relationship with Russia after the FBI alleged Kremlin agents teamed up with the organization in a "brazen" attempt to undermine US elections.
Federal agents on Friday raided St. Petersburg's Uhuru House — the headquarters of the socialist pan-African political organization — in connection with the alleged election interference conspiracy, the Tampa Bay Times reported. (Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...
Well, that's different.
"Because reasons".
Yeshitla is also known as Joe Waller. Appeared in Portland, Oregon in 2018 as part of the reparations movement and the Uhuru Solidarity Movement.
You are a troll.
This Russian agent and the people he recruits were connected to the burning of Ferguson, Missouri.
He is also connected to a netball named Louis Marinelli, who is also connected to the group Uhuru House. Along with Democrat Xavier Becerra and Obama’s pal Eric Holder, they were trying to squeeze more electoral votes out of California for the Democrats.
They are communists, working for Putin.
Louis Marinelli resides in Moscow, by the way.
No, they are not. They are working for a foreign country like the late Ron Dellums was. Same foreign country, for that matter, as the communist Democrat Dellums. If they weren’t registered as foreign agents for Ivan there, they are in violation of the law.
You support the burning of Ferguson Missouri? They did.
Who do you think recruited them? Do you even bother to follow the stories you post?
Romain heads a group called Black Hammer. Ever heard of it?
Those in our own FBI are still walking free
True. But seems like this Administration are really only interested in going after Russia supporters, not Chinese supporters when it comes to meddling in our elections. Wonder why that is.
What was criminal about it?‘
I agree , millions of people are sowing discord, there is no right to be protected from discord.. maybe they are not u s citizens
There were times where I expressed schaudenfreud for the karma some experienced, not moral but not illegal. (“There are consequences”.)
I would never encourage any destruction because the repairs come out of my pocket every time.
If they were directly involved, they should be prosecuted.
"working for"? OK. Where's the evidence they were paid? Where's the evidence they were acting under the direction or control of anybody in Russia?
Near as I can tell it is you who is the troll here. There is no evidence presented that these people were paid by Russians or under the control of Russians. But of course anything for more Neocon warmongering eh? That seems to be your only motivation on this board. Along with several other newcomers who mysteriously showed up a year or so ago....ie trolls.
Unless and until they provide evidence that these people were in the employ of Russians - something they have not provided thus far - this is tyranny. The things they allege are not crimes. They are the right of any American as per the first amendment.
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