Posted on 02/16/2018 11:25:56 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Charges have been filed against 13 employees of a Russian troll factory which is accused of attempting to interfere with the 2016 presidential election.
It is the first legal document to name the Internet Research Agency, a private organisation based in St Petersburg, of illegally interfering in US politics.
The 13 individual defendants and three Russian entities are accused of engaging in operations to "spread distrust" in the US and its democratic systems.
After media reports that Facebook was working with the US Special Counsel investigating interference during the election, the defendants began to destroy evidence linking them to the influence campaigns.
The defendants "primarily intended to communicate derogatory information about Hillary Clinton, to denigrate other candidates such as Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, and to support Bernie Sanders and then-candidate Donald Trump."
Their organisation had more than eighty employees conducting disinformation operations on social media platforms such as YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.sky.com ...
From the article: “They also discouraged minority groups from voting and used Facebook advertisements to promote allegations of voter fraud by the Democratic Party.
Using social security numbers and birth dates belonging to genuine Americans, the defendants fraudulently opened Paypal accounts and obtained fake driver’s licenses.”
I find these indictments amateurish.
The perps....................
So when does Obama and ValJar get indicted for interfering in Israel’s election by trying to unseat Netanyahu?
I can’t believe this “nothingburger” was so breathlessly offered by Rosenstein ... what a JOKE! What’s more important, a Russian dissing Trump on Twitter or ONE ILLEGAL ALIEN VOTING? Pick it!
St Petersburg. Isn’t that in North Dakota?
Does the USA really expect the Russians to give these people up?
Seems like the only thing illegal here is identity theft.
Does this mean the investigation is over?
Or consider this foray by a career State Department operative:
The FBI is still looking for Russian agents by the names of Yuri Nassholey and Ivanna Spanku for posting disinformation on Facebook
If you see these criminals, please call the FBI immediately.
It reads like an onion article.
i.e. everything - Every single thing - they were doing was to help Trump and the far right and hurt the deep state. It’s comical.
Good luck with those extraditions, Junior G-Men......
Trying to justify the stupidest investigation in history
This strikes me as a crock. As if a few fake ads on Facebook amount to anything. Distraction big time. Of course there was Roseweasel presenting. Try firing him now. Trump should have fired him 2 weeks ago when he could have.
I don’t see the crime. The First Amendment protects freedom of speech of individuals within the country, even foreign nationals. It’s illegal for foreign citizens to contribute to American election campaigns, but there is no law saying they can’t create social media accounts and advocate whatever political positions they want.
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