Moscow, Feb 18 (TNS): Russia’s foreign minister has dismissed as “blather” the charges levelled by the FBI special counsel against 13 Russians for election meddling.
Deputy A.G. Rod Rosenstein stated at the News Conference: “There is no allegation in the indictment that any American was a knowing participant in this illegal activity. There is no allegation in the indictment that the charged conduct altered the outcome of the 2016 election.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 17, 2018
Sergei Lavrov said at a major security conference in Germany he would not comment further until he saw “facts”. The charges brought by Special Counsel Robert Mueller are seen as a major development in his continuing probe into the US 2016 election. President Trump has said the indictment shows his campaign did “nothing wrong. The Russian foreign minister was being questioned by participants at the Munich Security Conference. Asked about the charges, he said that even Vice-President Mike Pence had called the investigation into question. So until we see the facts, everything else is just blather. Trump’s National Security Adviser, H R McMaster, said evidence of Russian meddling was “now incontrovertible. It would become harder to conceal attempts to interfere in our democratic process, he added. In a series of tweets, Trump has repeated his assertion that there was “no collusion” between his campaign and Russia. On Saturday, he quoted remarks by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who said that no American had knowingly participated in the Russians’ activities.
Deputy A.G. Rod Rosenstein stated at the News Conference: There is no allegation in the indictment that any American was a knowing participant in this illegal activity. There is no allegation in the indictment that the charged conduct altered the outcome of the 2016 election. Posed as Americans, and opened financial accounts in their name; some visited the US Spent thousands of dollars a month buying political advertising Purchased US server space in an effort to hide their Russian affiliation Organised and promoted political rallies within the United States Posted political messages on social media accounts that impersonated real US citizens Promoted information that disparaged Hillary Clinton Received money from clients to post on US social media sites created themed groups on social media on hot-button issues.
