Stop Letting the Russians Get Away With It, Mr. Trump
On Friday, Robert Mueller, the special counsel investigating Russia’s role in the 2016 election, filed criminal charges of fraud
and identity theft against 13 Russian citizens and three Russian organizations, all alleged to have operated a sophisticated influence campaign intended to “sow discord in the U. S. political system.”
One organization, the Internet Research Agency — which the indictment says is funded by Yevgeny Prigozhin, the “go-to
oligarch” of Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin — began its efforts as early as 2014, according to the indictment.
So, I got preoccupied with covering tracks together with the colleagues.” Ms. Kaverzina continued, “I created all these pictures
and posts, and the Americans believed that it was written by their people.”
Mr. Trump’s defenders, desperate to exculpate him, seized on a single word — “unwitting” —
that the indictment used to describe certain “members, volunteers and supporters of the Trump campaign involved in local community outreach” who had interacted with the Russians.
Staffers bought ads with messages like “Hillary is a Satan,” “Ohio Wants Hillary 4 Prison”
and “Vote Republican, Vote Trump, and support the Second Amendment!”
They staged rallies while pretending to be American grass-roots organizations.
Save American Muslims,” along with a fabricated quote attributed to Mrs. Clinton: “I think Sharia Law will be a powerful new direction of freedom.”
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