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Originally Posted by Lovetosave
Somebody besides me on this board must have been influenced by the Russians.
I can honestly admit that I only voted for TRUMP because I was influenced by Russia a few days before election day.
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Not sure how to take this OP? Are you serious or what?
Mr. Mueller makes a pretty good case for Russian interference, i.e. for impairing, obstructing, & defeating the lawful governmental functions of the United States by dishonest means in order to enable the Defendants to interfere with US political & electoral processes, including the 2016 U.S. presidential election:
https://www.justice.gov/file/1035477/download
Clipping a few parts:
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA * v. *INTERNET RESEARCH AGENCY LLC *
CRIMINAL NO.(18 U.S.C. §§ 2, 371, 1349, 1028A
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Object of the Conspiracy
28. The conspiracy had as its object impairing, obstructing, and defeating the lawful governmental functions of the United States by dishonest means in order to enable the Defendants to interfere with U.S. political and electoral processes, including the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
Manner and Means of the Conspiracy
Intelligence-Gathering to Inform U.S. Operations
29. Starting at least in or around 2014, Defendants and their co-conspirators began to track and study groups on U.S. social media sites dedicated to U.S. politics and social issues. In order to gauge the performance of various groups on social media sites, the ORGANIZATION tracked certain metrics like the group’s size, the frequency of content placed by the group, and the level of audience engagement with that content, such as the average number of comments or responses to a post.
Use of Stolen U.S. Identities
41. In or around 2016, Defendants and their co-conspirators also used, possessed, and transferred, without lawful authority, the social security numbers and dates of birth of real U.S. persons without those persons’ knowledge or consent. Using these means of identification, Defendants and their co-conspirators opened accounts at PayPal, a digital payment service provider; created false means of identification, including fake driver’s licenses; and posted on ORGANIZATION-controlled social media accounts using the identities of these U.S. victims. Defendants and their co-conspirators also obtained, and attempted to obtain, false identification documents to use as proof of identity in connection with maintaining accounts and purchasing
advertisements on social media sites.
Actions Targeting the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election
42. By approximately May 2014, Defendants and their co-conspirators discussed efforts to interfere in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Defendants and their co-conspirators began to monitor U.S. social media accounts and other sources of information about the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
Political Advertisements
48. From at least April 2016 through November 2016, Defendants and their co-conspirators, while concealing their Russian identities and ORGANIZATION affiliation through false personas, began to produce, purchase, and post advertisements on U.S. social media and other online sites expressly advocating for the election of then-candidate Trump or expressly opposing Clinton. Defendants and their co-conspirators did not report their expenditures to the Federal Election Commission, or register as foreign agents with the U.S. Department of Justice.
49. To pay for the political advertisements, Defendants and their co-conspirators established various Russian bank accounts and credit cards, often registered in the names of fictitious U.S. personas created and used by the ORGANIZATION on social media. Defendants and their co- conspirators also paid for other political advertisements using PayPal accounts.
50. The political advertisements included the following:
Approximate Date/Excerpt of Advertisement
April 6, 2016
“You know, a great number of black people support us saying that #HillaryClintonIsNotMyPresident”
April 7, 2016
“I say no to Hillary Clinton / I say no to manipulation”
April 19, 2016
“JOIN our #HillaryClintonForPrison2016”
May 10, 2016
“Donald wants to defeat terrorism . . . Hillary wants to sponsor it”
May 19, 2016
“Vote Republican, vote Trump, and support the Second Amendment!”
May 24, 2016
“Hillary Clinton Doesn’t Deserve the Black Vote”
June 7, 2016
“Trump is our only hope for a better future!”
June 30, 2016
“#NeverHillary #HillaryForPrison #Hillary4Prison #HillaryForPrison2016 #Trump2016 #Trump #Trump4President”
July 20, 2016
“Ohio Wants Hillary 4 Prison”
August 4, 2016
“Hillary Clinton has already committed voter fraud during the Democrat Iowa Caucus.”
August 10, 2016
“We cannot trust Hillary to take care of our veterans!”
October 14, 2016
“Among all the candidates Donald Trump is the one and only who can defend the police from terrorists.”
October 19, 2016
“Hillary is a Satan, and her crimes and lies had proved just how evil she is.”
Staging U.S. Political Rallies in the United States
51. Starting in approximately June 2016, Defendants and their co-conspirators organized and coordinated political rallies in the United States. To conceal the fact that they were based in Russia, Defendants and their co-conspirators promoted these rallies while pretending to be U.S. grassroots activists who were located in the United States but unable to meet or participate in person.
69. On or about August 2, 2016, Defendants and their co-conspirators used the false U.S. persona “Matt Skiber” Facebook account to send a private message to a real Facebook account, “Florida for Trump,” set up to assist then-candidate Trump in the state of Florida. In the first message, Defendants and their co-conspirators wrote:
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Hi there! I’m a member of Being Patriotic online community. Listen, we’ve got an idea. Florida is still a purple state and we need to paint it red. If we lose Florida, we lose America. We can’t let it happen, right? What about organizing a YUGE pro-Trump flash mob in every Florida town? We are currently reaching out to local activists and we’ve got the folks who are okay to be in charge of organizing their events almost everywhere in FL. However, we still need your support. What do you think about that? Are you in?
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