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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Twelve Russian intelligence officers hacked into the Democratic National Committee and the Clinton presidential campaign in the run-up to the 2016 election and released tens of thousands of stolen communications in a brazen effort by a foreign government to meddle in U.S. politics, according to a grand jury indictment announced Friday.

The indictment stands as the clearest Justice Department allegation yet of Russian efforts to interfere, through illegal hacking, in the U.S. presidential election before Americans went to the polls — and the first to implicate the Russian government directly. It had been sought by special counsel Robert Mueller and comes days before President Donald Trump holds a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

U.S. intelligence agencies have said the meddling was aimed at helping the Trump campaign and harming the election bid of his Democratic opponent, Hillarious Clinton. The effort also included bogus Facebook ads and social media postings that prosecutors say were aimed at influencing public opinion and sowing discord on hot-button social issues.

The indictment lays out a sweeping effort starting in March 2016 to break into key Democratic email accounts, such as those belonging to the Democratic National Committee, the Clinton campaign and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. Among those targeted was John Podesta, the Clinton campaign chairman.

The Kremlin denied anew that it tried to sway the election. "The Russian state has never interfered and has no intention of interfering in the U.S. elections," Putin's foreign affairs adviser, Yuri Ushakov, said Friday.

But the indictment identifies the defendants as officers with Russia's Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff, also known as GRU. It accuses them of covertly monitoring the computers of dozens of Democratic officials and volunteers, implanting malicious computer code known as malware and using spearphishing emails to gain control of the accounts of people associated with the Clinton campaign.

By June 2016, the defendants began planning the release of tens of thousands of stolen emails and documents, the indictment alleges. The messages were released through fictitious personas like DCLeaks and Guccifer 2.0.

The charges come as Mueller continues to investigate potential coordination between Russia and the Trump campaign to influence the presidential election. The indictment does not allege that Trump campaign associates were involved in the hacking efforts or that any American was knowingly in contact with Russian intelligence officers.

The indictment also does not allege that any vote tallies were altered by hacking.

Still, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said the internet "allows foreign adversaries to attack Americans in new and unexpected ways. Free and fair elections are hard-fought and contentious and there will always be adversaries who work to exacerbate domestic differences and try to confuse, divide and conquer us."

Before Friday, 20 people and three companies had been charged in the Mueller investigation. The 20 are four former Trump campaign and White House aides, three of whom have pleaded guilty to different crimes and agreed to cooperate, and 13 Russians accused of participating in a hidden but powerful social media campaign to sway U.S. public opinion in the 2016 election.

If the involvement of the GRU officers in the hacking effort is proved, it would shatter the Kremlin denials of the Russian state's involvement in the U.S. elections.

The GRU, which answers to the Russian military's General Staff, is part of the state machine and its involvement would indicate that the orders to interfere in the U.S. election came from the very top.

Hours before the Justice Department announcement, Trump complained anew that the special counsel's investigation is complicating his efforts to forge a better working relationship with Russia. Trump and Putin are scheduled to hold talks Monday in Finland, a meeting largely sought by Trump.

After the indictments were announced, top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer called on Trump to cancel his meeting with Putin until Russia takes steps to prove it won't interfere in future elections. He said the indictments are "further proof of what everyone but the president seems to understand: President Putin is an adversary who interfered in our elections to help President Trump win."

 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/12-russians-accused-hacking-democrats-2016-us-election-161839939--politics.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Actually, if you read the document, it is quite apparent that the servers were not "hacked". The russian players simply ran a phishing scam on Podesta. They literally clicked on a link and gave them their login info which is all they needed to have access. Anyone using a computer on the internet today is subject to these phishing emails. People are warned about them constantly and told not to give out your information without being certain you are on a legitimate website. Podesta's IT person told them the link was legitimate. He now claims it was a "typo" and that he meant to type illegitimate. All of which means the russians didn't need to "break in", they were literally given the keys to the kingdom.

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1 hour ago, TexasGranny said:

Actually, if you read the document, it is quite apparent that the servers were not "hacked". The russian players simply ran a phishing scam on Podesta. They literally clicked on a link and gave them their login info which is all they needed to have access. Anyone using a computer on the internet today is subject to these phishing emails. People are warned about them constantly and told not to give out your information without being certain you are on a legitimate website. Podesta's IT person told them the link was legitimate. He now claims it was a "typo" and that he meant to type illegitimate. All of which means the russians didn't need to "break in", they were literally given the keys to the kingdom.

 I read it the same way. Sadly like MANY things folks don't READ or LISTEN but just jump to conclusion that fits a specific narrative.....and others with same beliefs follow like "sheep". So if there truly was any Russian interference it was self induced by the left....KARMA

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I just think it is a very sad day in The United States Of America when the "Government" has to take the position people individually are not responsible for making up their own minds based on their own individual principles and (actually) vote accordingly.

 

So is the "Government" going to say for each individual, "The Russians made ME do that AND vote for President Donald J Trump? Talk about the "Government" wrenching the onus of forming a more perfect Union from "We the People".

 

Shame, Shame, Shame on the Deep State of The United States Of America with their Snowflake and Buttercup Idiot Brigade Volunteer Forces!!!

 

  :shakehead:               :shakehead:              :shakehead:

 

:facepalm2:       :facepalm2:       :facepalm2:

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This is a play by Rosenstein and Muller to muddy the waters of the investigations. The Grand Jury has only the information that the Prosecutor

has given them and we all know how that plays out. Make up stuff and feed it to the GJ and get an indictment. 

On the other hand, who in their right mind thinks that these accused aledged GRU agents are going to come to the United States and turn themselves in?

 

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50 minutes ago, nstoolman1 said:

This is a play by Rosenstein and Muller to muddy the waters of the investigations. The Grand Jury has only the information that the Prosecutor

has given them and we all know how that plays out. Make up stuff and feed it to the GJ and get an indictment. 

On the other hand, who in their right mind thinks that these accused aledged GRU agents are going to come to the United States and turn themselves in?

 

GRU!!!😎

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3 hours ago, Synopsis said:

I just think it is a very sad day in The United States Of America when the "Government" has to take the position people individually are not responsible for making up their own minds based on their own individual principles and (actually) vote accordingly.

 

So is the "Government" going to say for each individual, "The Russians made ME do that AND vote for President Donald J Trump? Talk about the "Government" wrenching the onus of forming a more perfect Union from "We the People".

 

Shame, Shame, Shame on the Deep State of The United States Of America with their Snowflake and Buttercup Idiot Brigade Volunteer Forces!!!

 

  :shakehead:               :shakehead:              :shakehead:

 

:facepalm2:       :facepalm2:       :facepalm2:

Cause I was on the fence between Trump and HRC...until the GRU persuaded me to vote for Trump (NOT)!!!!!🤣🇺🇸

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1 minute ago, CSM (R) Thackrey said:

Cause I was on the fence between Trump and HRC...until the GRU persuaded me to vote for Trump (NOT)!!!!!🤣🇺🇸

 

You know, CSM (R) Thackrey, it is SO refreshing to see You espouse such Lucid Reason AND Common Sense!!! :twothumbs:

 

Thank You, Sir, for such an Exemplary Demonstration Of Your Typical Valor!!! 🤣🇺🇸   :salute:

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Looking forward to the Trump/Putin meeting on Monday.........perhaps Putin will hand Trump indictments for the DOJ, NIA,CIA and FBI sighting interference of/in Governments all over the World......

 

The "Majors" are all involved in this.......(even minors like NOKO)........and as of yet there isn't anything that clearly illustrates that there was any real effect on the US Elections.....

 

This Cyber security for every country needs to be at the top of the "things to take care of".....list.......JMO

 

CL

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When is the collusion of the Democratic party and the media going to be investigated. And how about Facebook or even the unions.

Does anyone remember one of the final debates between Hillarious and Pres Trump where Hillarious brought up Russian collusion between Trump. Talk about topping off the whole Russia setup. How about obamma when he called a stand down on don't do anything about outsiders hacking the US and looking the other way. 

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59 minutes ago, Karsten said:

The big problem is this happened under obama and he was advised about it in September long before the election and failed to act on it at all.

 

What has POTUS Trump have to do with any of it?

 

Karsten

Yep. This was all part of the setup/insurance policy that the FBI had on Pres. Trump. Remember hilarious in one of the final debates with Trump. She had this wild smiling look on her face as she told him and how about that Russian collusion. 

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Dang I think you are right JG1 ! It's real sad that the POTUS can't even trust the DOJ, FBI to the point they are all trying to frame him. I can't wait for the next election and I bet the results will be just the same as last time and America will have spoken again !

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9 minutes ago, Texstorm said:

Dang I think you are right JG1 ! It's real sad that the POTUS can't even trust the DOJ, FBI to the point they are all trying to frame him. I can't wait for the next election and I bet the results will be just the same as last time and America will have spoken again !

If Pres. Trump does win the next term in office I hope he cleans house right off the bat like Obamma did. 

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