Anonymous ID: fd6b8f March 17, 2020, 4:25 a.m. No.8448044   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>8260 >>8375

DOJ drops case against Russian troll farm initiated by Mueller

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/doj-drops-once-heralded-prosecution-of-russian-troll-farm

Anonymous ID: fd6b8f March 17, 2020, 4:58 a.m. No.8448175   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>8406 >>8573 >>8637

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DOJ abruptly drops once-heralded prosecution of Russian troll farm initiated by Mueller==

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/doj-drops-once-heralded-prosecution-of-russian-troll-farm

 

In a striking and unexpected abandonment of a once-heralded prosecution initiated by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, the Justice Department moved Monday to drop charges against two Russian companies that were accused of funding a social media meme campaign to further their “strategic goal to sow discord in the U.S. political system, including the 2016 presidential election.”

 

Late Monday, with jury selection in the case set to begin in just two weeks, a federal judge granted the DOJ's motion to kill the prosecution for several counts of conspiring to defraud U.S. agencies tasked with combating election interference. The government acknowledged the Russian companies were never likely to actually face punishment anyway and cited possible national security risks with going forward to trial.

 

Concord Management and Consulting LLC and Concord Catering were among three companies and 13 individuals charged in February 2018 by Mueller. Their alleged criminal effort included social media postings and campaigns aimed at dividing American public opinion and sowing discord in the electorate, officials said, although no impact on voters was ever demonstrated.

 

Of the 13 Russians and three Russian companies charged by Mueller in the social media disinformation effort, Concord was the sole defendant to enter an appearance in Washington’s federal court and contest and the allegations. Mueller's 37-page indictment said the actions detailed by prosecutors dated back to 2014. (Mueller later brought separate charges in the summer of 2018 against other entities related to a hack of Democrats' emails.)

 

President Trump noted that no Russian collusion with his campaign was ever proven, and Republicans and even left-of-center commenators argued that Russian disinformation was mostly irrelevant, given that social media and other platforms are already rife with inaccuracies.

 

"Before a pandemic, there was a time when we were relentlessly told to fear Russian social media accounts," mused journalist Aaron Mate on Monday. "Their juvenile memes not only elected Trump, but also 'sowed chaos.' When Mueller indicted 13 Russians over it, he was hailed as a hero. Well, DOJ just dropped the case."

Anonymous ID: fd6b8f March 17, 2020, 6:23 a.m. No.8448629   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>8637 >>8672

White House preps coronavirus stimulus package to reportedly pump $850B into ailing economy

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