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
(Score: 3, Interesting) by vux984 on Monday February 19 2018, @09:56PM (2 children)
"Do we know anyone was actually influenced in their vote?"
Does a sincere attempt to interfere in an election cease to be a crime if you can't prove it succeeded?
And how would you ever prove it anyway? Do you think people who were undecided can name the specific facebook post, campaign ad, or yard sign that tipped them over the edge to one side or the other? Or can list every ad, post, sign, commercial, news coverage, and tweet they saw over a multi-year period and rate each one exactly by how much it 'influenced' their final position.
"The people who think the Clintons ran a pedophile ring out of some DC pizza joint, probably weren't going to vote for Clinton anyway."
True, but it might have resulted in people just staying home on election day, or voting 3rd party just because both candidates stunk worse then usual.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Monday February 19 2018, @11:33PM
You should at least have an understanding of what is success for such an enterprise. My take is that the current brouhaha exceeds Putin's expectations for the interference.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 20 2018, @07:51AM
If it didn't work, can you prove it was a sincere attempt?