Russians Indicted for Online Election Trolling (CRS Report for Congress)
| Release Date |
Revised Feb. 21, 2018 |
| Report Number |
LSB10081 |
| Report Type |
Legal Sidebar |
| Authors |
Charles Doyle |
| Source Agency |
Congressional Research Service |
| Older Revisions |
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Summary:
T
he Department of Justice
(DOJ)
announced
the
grand jury
indictment
of three Russian companies and
thirteen
Russian nation
al
s on February 16, 2018. The indictment alleges that the defendants took part in a
multi
-
layered, multi
-
million dollar scheme
to surreptitiously participate in the most recent presidential
election. The defendants are charged with aggravated identity theft, conspiracy to commit mail and ban
k
fraud and with conspiracy to defraud the U
.
S
.
g
overnment.
The indictment asserts that the purpose of the
enterprise
was to
obstruct “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.”
