Mueller Deflates Trump's Claim That Russia Meddling Was Hoax
- President acknowledges ‘anti-U.S. campaign’ by ‘bad actor’
- Trump has cited Putin’s assurances of no interference
Mueller Indictment Lays Out Sweeping Conspiracy Plan by Russians
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Donald Trump has insisted for more than a year that Russians didn’t try to get him elected. Special Counsel Robert Mueller put an end to those claims on Friday, declaring definitively that they did.
A federal grand jury indicted 13 Russian nationals and a so-called “troll farm” in St. Petersburg on Friday for a broad campaign to sway the 2016 election in Trump’s favor. The indictment alleges that the operation was funded to the tune of $1.25 million a month by companies controlled by a Russian businessman close to the Kremlin.