Russian woman accused in the first case of electoral meddling of 2018
Russian woman accused in the first case of electoral meddling of 2018
The United States accused a RussiaOn Friday, a woman conspired in a radical effort to influence American public opinion through social media in the first federal case alleging foreign interference in the 2018 semester. choices.
The criminal complaint alleges that the Russians are using some of the same techniques to influence the policy of the United States on which they relied before the 2016 presidential election, methods exposed by an investigation of special lawyer Robert Mueller on the possible coordination between Russia and Donald TrumpThe campaign of.
The Department of Justice revealed the criminal complaint on the same day that the United States intelligence agencies, in an exceptional public statement, stated that Russia, China, Iran and other countries are making continuous efforts to influence politics and voters Americans in the next elections and in the future. National Security Advisor John Bolton He goes to Russia on Saturday.
The USA. They are concerned about foreign campaigns "to undermine confidence in democratic institutions and influence public sentiment and government policies," the statement said. National security The statement, which provided no details on such efforts, said: "These activities may also seek to influence voter perceptions and decision-making in the 2018 and 2020 elections in the United States."
The independent prosecutor's office of the Department of Justice is targeting Elena Alekseevna Khusyaynova, a woman from St. Petersburg who prosecutors said helped manage the finances of an effort by Russian social networks, but hidden but powerful, designed to generate distrust of candidates American politicians and cause divisions on social issues such as immigration and arms control.
Prosecutors say Khusyaynova worked for the same social networking troll farm that was accused this year by Mueller. The social media effort described by prosecutors on Friday largely mirrors Mueller's criminal case against three Russian companies, including the Internet Research Agency, and 13 Russians, including one, is a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Prosecutors say the conduct noted on Friday is in conflict with criminal laws that prohibit foreigners from attempting to influence US elections or participate in political activities without first registering with the attorney general.
When asked about the new accusation against the Russians in an appearance in Arizona, President Trump replied that "it had nothing to do with me."
Since at least 2015, the group created thousands of false social media profiles and email accounts that seemed to come from people within the US. UU And they aimed to "create and expand divisive political and social content," even in important current events, such as mortals. Shootings in South Carolina and Las Vegas, prosecutors said in court documents.
A fake person, registered in "Bertha Malone", made more than 400 Facebook posts that contained inflammatory content. Another fake Facebook account, on behalf of "Rachell Edison," made more than 700 publications focused on gun control and the Second Amendment.
Russian conspiracy organizers reported that the messages should reflect several points of view, and gave specific instructions to share only articles from certain news websites that correspond to specific political views, prosecutors said.
After an article appeared online with the headline, "McCain says thinking that a wall will stop illegal immigration is 'crazy'," the group's members were told to rate the Republican senator as "an old man who has lost and that long ago belonged to a nursing home. " They were also told to say that McCain had a "pathological hatred toward Donald Trump and all his initiatives."
After another article about Mueller appeared last year, members of the trolls' farm were told to share the article and to say that Mueller was a "puppet of the establishment" who had contacts with the Democratic Party and "who says things that should eliminate him. " Your charge or dissolve the entire commission of inquiry. "
The new indictment was not filed by Mueller, but by the national security division of the Department of Justice and the prosecutors of the Eastern District of Virginia. There is no allegation in the coordination complaint with the Trump campaign.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said recently that Russia has no intention of interfering in midterm elections in the United States or meddling in other places.
Friday's separate statement on foreign influence in the US elections was issued only a few weeks before the November 6 election by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the Department of Justice, the FBI and the Department. of National Security.
Given the extent of Russia's alleged interference, which includes the hacking of Democratic email accounts before the 2016 presidential election, it was notable that the intelligence community identified two other nations in the same statement that did not provide specific examples. of foreign interference.
Meanwhile, Vice President Mike Pence criticized China in a speech saying that Russia's influence efforts in the United States pale in comparison to the covert and open activities of the Chinese to interfere in the midterms and counteract Trump's tough trade policies. against Beijing.
But senior administration officials have provided little evidence that China's activities are comparable to the massive covert measures in Russia that were explained in Mueller's previous allegations.
Officials have cited to a large extent the public steps taken by China, such as targeting tariffs on politically important states and pressuring US companies to speak out against the Trump administration.
Other countries are using social media to broaden the divisive issues in American society and sponsor content in English-language media, such as the Russian news media RT and Sputnik, according to the release from security agencies. They also distribute propaganda and plant disinformation against political candidates, the departments said.
Intelligence agencies have not publicly disclosed evidence that Iran is working to meddle in the US elections. However, in March, the Trump administration announced charges and criminal sanctions against Iranians accused in a piracy scheme to steal confidential information from hundreds of universities, private companies and US government agencies.
The nine defendants, accused of working at the behest of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, linked to the Iranian government, hacked the computer systems of some 320 universities in the United States and abroad to steal expensive scientific and engineering research that then They were used by the government or sold for profit, prosecutors said.
Hackers are also accused of breaking into the networks of government organizations, such as the Department of Labor, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the United Nations, and private sector entities, including technology companies, law firms and consultants.
National security agencies said they currently have no evidence that the voting systems have been interrupted or compromised in a way that could result in changes in the vote count or in the possibility of counting the votes in the partial exams, which They are less than 20 days away.
"Some state and local governments have reported attempts to access their networks, which often include voter registration databases online, using tactics available to state and non-state cyber actors," they said.
But so far, they said, state and local officials have been able to prevent access or quickly mitigate these attempts.
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Associated Press writers Michael Balsamo and Colleen Long contributed to this report.
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