Posted on 02/16/2018 10:02:48 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia
The Justice Department on Friday indicted 13 Russian nationals and three Russian groups of violating criminal laws with the intent to interfere with "with U.S. elections and political processes", according to agency.
According to the agency, "the indictment charges all of the defendants with conspiracy to defraud the United States, three defendants with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud, and five defendants with aggravated identity theft."
The indictment says that some defendants "communicated with unwitting individuals associated with the Trump campaign" without revealing their association with Russia. The indictment also says the defendants posted negative information about a number of candidates during the last general election.
"Defendants operations included supporting the presidential campaign on then-candidate Donald J. Trump and disparaging Hillary Clinton" his Democratic rival, according to the indictment.
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Are they talking about mean comments on Fakebook and Yoohoo?
Talk about launching a “Hail Mary”! Folks, Mueller has nothing. This is a joke!
There’s no collusion. This is a face-saving measure.
But there is no measure to save face.
It’s a screaming indictment they have absolutely nothing.
Gen. Flynn must and will be exonerated. Judge Emmet Sullivan is making that abundantly clear in ordering the Mueller team to turn over evidence helpful to his case AFTER he signed on to a guilty plea.
This is the end of the Mueller matter before it completely implodes.
Looks like all they did was say bad things on facebook about Hillary, this is all they have? Big deal
Trump did not need them to do this, we were doing this already. I am awaiting my indictment
We all disparage Hillary. Is that a crime?
“...supporting the presidential campaign on then-candidate Donald J. Trump and disparaging Hillary Clinton”:
NOW A CRIME!?!
Sounds like I am guilty of the same crime...
Maybe they should go after some of Mexico’s representatives like Vicente Fox.
Don’t you know it’s illegal to communicate with Russians without receiving a $500,000 check?
Know this. It is not a crime to have supported Trump over Hillary even if you are Russian. That is not a crime!! This is a fraudulent indictment and will dismissed easily. There is no There There.
The lead defendant is the “Internet Research Agency,” known as Russia’s “troll farm.”
Wire fraud...
Non-citizens Soliciting donations via the internet, using fake personas??
Maybe this is Mueller’s exit ramp.
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okay...lol
His mission is to get Dems the majority in less than a year from now to take care of POTUS for good.
This man is a corrupt hack, and grifter. This is OUR money at work.
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Bogus !!!!!!
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The indictment also says the defendants posted negative information about a number of candidates during the last general election.”
THERE. I "disparaged Hillary Clinton".
COME ARREST ME.
Concord Catering? Well I guess even Ruskie spies have to eat:-)
LOL, then I should be indicted too.
This is probably Mueller’s exit strategy from his mess. Instead of manufacturing fake process crimes and going after low level Americans in the Trump administration, he’ll indict low-level Russians for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft. Are they living in the US? If not, nothing will come of this. Russia won’t extradite them.
How does creating fictitious U.S. personas on social media platforms constitute a crime and result in these charges? I don’t recall there being any laws yet written against this.
This seems like a pathetic stretch to salvage his already-stinking reputation.
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