Special counsel Robert Mueller has brought charges against 13 Russian nationals and three Russian groups for interfering with the 2016 U.S. elections, the Department of Justice announced Friday.
The charges allege that the Russians posed as U.S. people, created false U.S. personas and stole the identities of real U.S. people in order to interfere with U.S. elections, including the presidential contest between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein will announce charges at a press conference later Friday.
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Tagged: Election 2016, Robert Mueller, Russia, Trump campaign
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#BREAKING: Mueller indicts 13 Russian nationals over election interference https://t.co/kdW32GcRO1 pic.twitter.com/ALuu0gCPvo
— The Hill (@thehill) February 16, 2018
Special counsel's office indicts 13 employees of #Russia's Internet Research Agency for interfering in 2016 US election. pic.twitter.com/YGL2UXxcyb
— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) February 16, 2018
The Russians controlled an instagram called “Woke Blacks.” On another account, they posted: “Choose peace and vote for Jill Stein. Trust me, it’s not a wasted vote." pic.twitter.com/61J4UJotxa
— Matt Viser (@mviser) February 16, 2018
See No. 46 in this indictment – big aspect of the Russian meddling was encouraging voting for a third party candidate, such as Stein. Trump campaign advisers also talked up Stein frequently. https://t.co/QFDsHTHoyX
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) February 16, 2018
Early warm-ish take:
Russians tried to influence the election -> indicted bad guys were in collusion with "unwitting" Trump campaign pplNext up:
– does the next round include "witting"
– did WH panic, even if over something it *thinks* they didn't do, lead to obstruction— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) February 16, 2018
WOW https://t.co/3pI6s32gQs pic.twitter.com/dTT5ZOEUJ9
— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) February 16, 2018
Indictment alleges Russians posed as Americans and communicated with Trump campaign staff involved in Florida outreach pic.twitter.com/twCNVjRaqx
— Sam Levine (@srl) February 16, 2018
The indictment says part of the Russian influence campaign dates to 2013. It involved hundreds of people and millions of dollars. The goal? “Spread distrust towards the candidates and the political system in general.” pic.twitter.com/oAYLavGLXF
— Matt Viser (@mviser) February 16, 2018
Pay attention to the indictment. It says in there the Russian bot farm also went after Hillary in the primary as well as Cruz and Rubio.
Stop behaving like it’s a politically motivated indictment on behalf of Hillary.
— Jay Caruso (@JayCaruso) February 16, 2018
"Americans are very impressionable people. They see what they want to see. I have great respect for them. … If they want to see the devil, let them see one." In a statement, Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin reacts to being indicted by Robert Mueller https://t.co/LO0veafkkf pic.twitter.com/MiLFJrN3uw
— CNN (@CNN) February 16, 2018
Watergate reporter Carl Bernstein on special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe: “We are seeing evidence of a conspiracy. Who was witting, unwitting in that conspiracy, we don’t know yet. But Mueller's indictments are pointing in a certain direction" https://t.co/o6E0seNwj9 pic.twitter.com/nSYNHiWkmO
— CNN (@CNN) February 16, 2018
We reported in October that Kellyanne Conway and Don Jr pushed messages from the newly indicted Russian troll operation.
One Russian line that DJTJr and KAC helped push: allegations of voter fraud https://t.co/0IqaxSKa78
— Betsy Woodruff (@woodruffbets) February 16, 2018
REMEMBER: The Russians only pulled 2016 off with the collaboration (witting or not) of Twitter & FSBook. https://t.co/fahXwPfuRB
— John Schindler (@20committee) February 16, 2018
TEXT: Full Mueller indictment on Russian election case https://t.co/yUeQ05baiY pic.twitter.com/zp1cakjpCc
— POLITICO (@politico) February 17, 2018
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