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Russian troll farm, 13 suspects indicted for interference in U.S. election

Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein called the charges “a reminder that people are not always who they appear on the Internet. The indictment alleges that the Russian conspirators want to promote social discord in the United States and undermine public confidence in democracy. We must not allow them to succeed.”

The Justice Department’s special counsel announced the indictment Friday of a notorious Russian troll farm — charging 13 individuals with an audacious scheme to criminally interfere with the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

The Internet Research Agency, based in St. Petersburg, Russia, was named in the indictment as the hub of an ambitious effort to trick Americans into following Russian-fed propaganda that pushed U.S. voters toward then-Republican candidate Donald Trump and away from Democrat Hillary Clinton.

The Justice Department’s special counsel announced the indictment Friday of a notorious Russian troll farm — charging 13 individuals with an audacious scheme to criminally interfere with the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

The Internet Research Agency, based in St. Petersburg, Russia, was named in the indictment as the hub of an ambitious effort to trick Americans into following Russian-fed propaganda that pushed U.S. voters toward then-Republican candidate Donald Trump and away from Democrat Hillary Clinton.

The indictment charges that some of the Russian suspects interacted with Americans associated with the Trump campaign, but those associates did not realize they were being manipulated.

Pretty lame! we've spent over a year and how many millions of dollars, and time wasted by our Congress to indict 13 guys from Russia, for talking sh*t about Killary. Where were they when Obama rented office space out in Israel to try to get Benjamin Netanyahu ousted. Not the same tho is it, cause Barrack Spent American taxpayer money overseas, or how about Syria wasn't he trying to influence that country's leadership, or what about the drones Obama sent all over the world to kill people who held political positions. Let's look at the big picture, if you can.

13 Russians indicted all this for that somebody should go to jail for what they've put our country and this presidency thru.

well, there are those who feel strongly about Russians meddling in our affairs, about them influencing elections....then there's Trump. then there are those who don't want to know if he and/or his admin colluded w an ENEMY of our country.

what exactly is the RIGHT amount of money and time you feel SHOULD be allotted to find out if our president and his administration colluded w russia?

I think 1 year is more then enough time, when you have a unlimited budget and access to all the law agencies of this government have to offer, after 1 year show us some prove, isn't that reasonable. The Russians didn't influence me I didn't want to vote for Trump but had to vote against Hillary. Collusion is not a crime, shouldn't we be looking for lawbreakers like illegal aliens.

But you miss the whole point it's alright for your man Obama to do it but nobody else in the world?

Why don't we at least have alittle look see into what Trumps opponent was doing, oh yeah colluding with foreign spies and the Russians to try to win a election, do you ever think about that?

I despise both parties but there is no getting around the fact that Hillary sold 20% of our Uranium to Ivan. And they are investigating Trump? Puleese...

And as always happens to people who cross Hillary (or Putin) the Russian guy who worked the deal is now mysteriously dead...

Talbot

NEWS FLASH THIS JUST IN....

HILLARY STILL NOT PRESIDENT!

OBAMA STILL NOT PRESIDENT!

TRUMP OUR CURRENT PRESIDENT HAS POSSIBLY COLLUDED W RUSSIANS AND OUR ELECTION WAS POSSIBLY INTERFERED WITH!

(but no need to investigate, and we don't want to know...because Clinton and Obama weren't investigated)

yeah, THAT makes perfect sense!

Planet Guy ... you flatter me ... Ta. But you continue to demonstrate to all and sundry your mental disability and affliction. You deserve the greatest sympathy one can muster for an animal who is banging his head against a brick wall ... beating itself to death. You obviously have developed some sort of misguided "Russian Fetish". Good Luck to you and may you find some "help" somewhere ... soon ... very soon.


It also seems that you and The Hag have much in common ... FIXATIONS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XF4WQiI9zfA

I hope he finds help. We don't need another school shooting.

No need to investigate? Cmon Pg we've been investigating for 15 months.

Let's investigate Hilley and Obummer, we have the technology to do all 3.

well, there are those who feel strongly about Russians meddling in our affairs, about them influencing elections....then there's Trump. then there are those who don't want to know if he and/or his admin colluded w an ENEMY of our country.

what exactly is the RIGHT amount of money and time you feel SHOULD be allotted to find out if our president and his administration colluded w russia?

I know I’m wasting my breath on this Mark your narrative is clear.
It has been a year of investigating and NOTHING NADA no evidence tying Trump to this so called collusion. Yet Hillary and the DMC paid for a dossier filled with lies that was used to get a FISA warrant to investigate and illegally unmask people involved with an incoming president elected by the people and not a peep from the criminal democrat party. You support corruption that makes Watergate look like a 2 year olds birthday party. Do you not see the hypocrisy here?

well, there are those who feel strongly about Russians meddling in our affairs, about them influencing elections....then there's Trump. then there are those who don't want to know if he and/or his admin colluded w an ENEMY of our country.

what exactly is the RIGHT amount of money and time you feel SHOULD be allotted to find out if our president and his administration colluded w russia?

c'mon...this is political posturing and NOTHING else. When we see that justice is equal for all people, this might matter.


Russians meddle in every election worldwide every time, though not nearly as much as the USA does. That is no surprise. These low level initiatives of buying facebook ads and starting protests/riots are lame distorted copies of what the DNC with collusion from NBC, CBS, CNN, ABC does to our electoral system constantly.

Doesn't bother me that these indictments came down....but it does bother me that the collusion and corruption of the Hillary machine is never touched.

You guys are all old enough to remember the last years of the Cold War. Russia was helping Cuba with missiles aimed at the US, there were missiles in Europe aimed our way, etc etc.
Somehow, we got past that without the world being blown up and without a 3rd World War.

So, a couple of years ago, back behind closed doors in Moscow, the Russians think "hmmm... we can't physically attack the USA any longer, how can we take them down? ... how about inciting a civil war? How about getting a president elected that will divide the Americans up even further, politizing both sides to action - violence and hate - against the other? Yeah, we can do that, they've given us the easiest tool there is - social media. America loves its social media ... get a team of people together ... start posting stuff that will start the seeds of civil war ..."

Yep, they did it. Doesn't matter if Trump et al were colluding with them.

Nothing new Mike ... our country experienced much greater division in the 1840s 1850s.

Kruzchev (however you spell it) said back when the Cold war first started he would bring us down from the inside without firing a shot. Seems like we've had a long time to prepare for it, so don't lay it on Trumps table, he's trying to fix this country. So it wasn't just a couple of years ago, it's probably been going on since 1917 when the communists took over Russia, remember "And Anastashia screamed in vain"

Just in proof that Trump colluded with Americans to win the election.


Get over it!

You guys are all old enough to remember the last years of the Cold War. Russia was helping Cuba with missiles aimed at the US, there were missiles in Europe aimed our way, etc etc.
Somehow, we got past that without the world being blown up and without a 3rd World War.

So, a couple of years ago, back behind closed doors in Moscow, the Russians think "hmmm... we can't physically attack the USA any longer, how can we take them down? ... how about inciting a civil war? How about getting a president elected that will divide the Americans up even further, politizing both sides to action - violence and hate - against the other? Yeah, we can do that, they've given us the easiest tool there is - social media. America loves its social media ... get a team of people together ... start posting stuff that will start the seeds of civil war ..."

Yep, they did it. Doesn't matter if Trump et al were colluding with them.

Mike your argument doesn't make sense. Why would the russians want Trump elected, a brawler that will fight like hell every day when they could have gotten everything they wanted from the Clintons. Hell she gave them 20% of our Uranium?