The indictment, which targets 13 Russian nationals and three Russian groups, details Russians' alleged attempts to promote President Trump’s campaign while seeking to undermine his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton.
“All of these efforts were about sowing confusion in the electoral process and undermining the next president, not about supporting one candidate over the other,” Shah asserted during an appearance on Fox News.
The fourth page of the 37-page indictment accuses the charged individuals and organizations of carrying out efforts to promote Trump’s campaign and “disparage” Clinton.
“Defendants' operations included supporting the presidential campaign of then-candidate Donald J. Trump ('Trump campaign') and disparaging Hillary Clinton," the indictment reads. "Defendants made various expenditures to carry out those activities, including buying political advertisements on social media in the names of U.S. persons and entities."
The indictment alleges that the operatives worked to promote the campaigns of Trump and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and attack Clinton, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), while also attempting to convince minority voters to vote for Green Party candidate Jill Stein.
Shah also claimed that the indictments prove there was “no collusion” between the Trump campaign and Rus
Source : thehill
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