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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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TOO BAD YOU CAN'T BUY a voodoo globe so that you could make the earth spin
real fast and freak everybody out.
-- Jack Handey, The New Mexican, 1988.
(Score: 1, Troll) by DeathMonkey on Monday February 19 2018, @07:07PM (8 children)
Russia and this AC are totally fine with Russian government agents committing crimes to interfere with our elections.
(Score: 3, Troll) by frojack on Monday February 19 2018, @07:38PM (2 children)
Except there were no allegations of Russian Government involvement in the indictment.
If you could follow the money, it would probably lead back to George Solos.
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.
(Score: 2) by black6host on Monday February 19 2018, @09:29PM
Yeah, and George has a lot of money. Those damned red beer drinking cups, I bet it's a very profitable business! :)
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 20 2018, @02:01AM
Who is the Internet Research Agency [wikipedia.org]?
I''l give you a hint, they're not affiliated with the Boy Scouts of America.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 19 2018, @07:42PM (1 child)
Some of these supposed "crimes" are very weak. They trolled on Facebook with a few ad buys and some fake groups to try to cause outrage. That was Butterfly effect level shit.
If they hacked the DNC or Podesta rather than an insider, then that had a greater impact. Too bad none of the Russians charged will be seeing time in an American prison unless they are braindead.
(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 19 2018, @09:19PM
Braindead includes travelling to a country in the US sphere of influence. Russian citizens have been rendered to the US from places like Thailand and the Mauritius. More recently there was an incident in Czechia, but I recall there was a bit of resistance there. Looks like there is still a bit of independence left in Eastern Europe.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 19 2018, @07:51PM (1 child)
Lol, sorry DeathMonkey you're yelling at the wrong people. I've paid attention to Runaway's posts, and while a crapload of propaganda crap comes out of him so does quite a bit of human decency. As much as I hate some conservative politics I am forced to remember that even the people I disagree with are actually pretty decent human beings and if you threw them into real situations I think Runaway, TMB, maybe even Khallow and Frojack would help anyone out regardless of race or creed.
Runaway simply pointed out the typical line that most liberals would repeat, that karma is a bitch and the US fully deserves to be fucked with. That doesn't mean they think it is OK, I certainly don't, but I can appreciate the irony. Runaway already replied before you posted what I'm replying to, so if I was to make a guess you're just releasing some pent up anger at the nearest target and you should probably apologize with something like "sorry it just sounded like you were happy with the outcome because it got Trump elected, glad I was wrong."
Don't fall for the divisive tactics, because above all else that is the primary motivation behind the Russian trolls. Divide the country to reduce the effectiveness of the US. While letting out your righteous anger don't forget that we're all in the same boat. We're ALL afraid of the jackbooted thugs coming in and ruining our lives, thought liberals and conservatives have pretty different reasons behind their fear.
So remember, "Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering."
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 19 2018, @07:56PM
^ AC you replied to
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 19 2018, @09:40PM
Crimes? You're quite deluded.