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posted by Fnord666 on Monday February 19 2018, @05:43PM   Printer-friendly
from the do-attack-ads-count dept.

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.

Video - http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/us-election-2016-russia-robert-mueller-investigation-fbi-latest-updates-a8214651.html

Link to the Indictment: https://www.justice.gov/file/1035477/download


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 19 2018, @07:37PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 19 2018, @07:37PM (#640219)

    You can't be that naive to not know that people are liable to plea out to something minor, because they can't afford a real defense.

  • (Score: 4, Informative) by bob_super on Monday February 19 2018, @08:04PM

    by bob_super (1357) on Monday February 19 2018, @08:04PM (#640240)

    Those people ? We're not talking about Joe taco-place-owner here.

    They are pleading guilty to try to limit their own sentences, after they got cornered.
    It usually means that they did worse than what they are pleading guilty to, just that it's harder to prove.