Special counsel charges 13 Russians with interfering in 2016 election

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Special counsel charges 13 Russians with interfering in 2016 election
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'Some defendants, posing as U.S. persons and without revealing their Russian association, communicated with unwitting individuals associated with the Trump Campaign and with other political activists,' the indictment says.

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Thirteen Russian nationals have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of interfering in the 2016 presidential election — including supporting Donald Trump's campaign and"disparaging" Hillary Clinton, special counsel Robert Mueller announced Friday.— part of Mueller's ongoing investigation — are the first tied directly to Russian meddling in the race for the White House.

Russia started their anti-US campaign in 2014, long before I announced that I would run for President. The results of the election were not impacted. The Trump campaign did nothing wrong - no collusion!On Saturday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said he had"no response" to the news of the indictments.

Rosenstein also said that"there is no allegation in this indictment that any American was a knowing participant in this illegal activity" or that the outcome of the 2016 election was affected. The statement appeared to leave open the possibility that further indictments may be coming against others.

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