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A federal grand jury in Washington, DC has indicted 13 Russian nationals and a Kremlin-linked internet firm on charges that they had meddled in the 2016 presidential election.
The US government said Russian entities began interfering in US political processes, including the 2016 presidential election, as early as 2014, according to a court document.
[...] The charges – which include conspiracy, wire fraud, bank fraud and aggravated identity theft – are the most direct allegations to date of illegal Russian meddling in the election.
Link to the Indictment: https://www.justice.gov/file/1035477/download
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Mueller Investigation: Thirteen Russians Charged With Interfering in US Election
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(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday February 19 2018, @06:54PM (2 children)
That is a real kicker. We officially spend many millions on an election, and unofficially, we probably invest a billion in an election. But, the Russkies have magic dollars that grow in size as they flow from the Kremlin to the US. Maybe I want to buy some of those Russian dollars.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by pe1rxq on Monday February 19 2018, @07:12PM
Maybe the Russians are just better investors?
It seems most of money spend in the US comes from large corporations paying both sides to keep the status quo. (The status quo being them screwing everyone else)
The Russians seem to just want to mess things up, I wouldn't be surprised if that was cheaper to accomplish.
(Score: 3, Funny) by realDonaldTrump on Monday February 19 2018, @07:42PM
Thank you for your support! Many people are saying that Crooked Hillary spent about $1 billion. I spent much less -- and a lot of it came back to me, to the Trump Organization. My campaign rented offices in Trump Tower, rooms in my hotels, so many things. We can call it an investment, I love that word.
In this investigation, the facts are incorrect. I never said Russia did not meddle in the election, I said "it may be Russia, or China or another country or group, or it may be a 400 pound genius sitting in bed and playing with his computer." The Russian "hoax" was that the Trump campaign colluded with Russia -- it never did. NO COLLUSION!!!!