The office of U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller charged 13
Russians and three Russian companies, including St. Petersburg-based
Internet Research Agency known for its trolling on social media. The
official who oversees Mueller’s work said the investigation was not
finished.
The court document said those accused “had a
strategic goal to sow discord in the U.S. political system, including
the 2016 U.S. presidential election.”
The indictment
said Russians adopted false online personas to push divisive messages;
traveled to the United States to collect intelligence, visiting 10
states; and staged political rallies while posing as Americans. In one
case, it said, the Russians paid an unidentified person to build a cage
aboard a flatbed truck and another to wear a costume “portraying Clinton
in a prison uniform.”
The surprise 37-page indictment
could alter the divisive U.S. domestic debate over Russia’s meddling,
undercutting some Republicans who, along with Trump, have attacked
Mueller’s investigation.
“These Russians engaged in a
sinister and systematic attack on our political system. It was a
conspiracy to subvert the process, and take aim at democracy itself,”
said Paul Ryan, Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives.
The
indictment is silent on the question of whether the Trump campaign
colluded with the Kremlin, which Mueller is investigating.
Source : reuters
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