The Justice Department has charged two Russian employees of the Russian RT network of funneling money to a right-wing media outlet with the aim of influencing the election for the Malignant Loser. From Reuters:
"The U.S. on Wednesday filed money-laundering charges against two employees of Russian state media network RT for what officials said was a scheme to hire an American company to produce online content to influence the 2024 presidential election.
Justice Department officials said the two employees used shell companies and fake personas to pay $10 million to an unnamed Tennessee company to produce online videos aimed at amplifying political divisions in the United States. [snip]
The criminal indictment charged the two RT employees, Konstantin Kalashnikov and Elena Afanasyeva, with conspiracy to violate U.S. money laundering and foreign agent laws. Both are based in Russia and remain at large, U.S. officials said.
Authorities said the RT employees worked with two foreign nationals in the United States, who set up a company that recruited prominent conservative commentators to post regular videos on topics like immigration and U.S. politics.
Though the company is not named in the indictment, details provided in court filings match up with Tenet Media, a Nashville-based company that has posted nearly 2,000 videos to YouTube in less than a year." (our emphasis)
That the Russian regime is invested in the election of the Malignant Loser is the least surprising thing. The election of the Malignant Loser would check off all of thug and war criminal Putin's foreign policy objectives: weakening America, fracturing of NATO, elimination of support for Ukraine, and lifting of sanctions on Russia and its elites, etc. This latest action by the Justice Department won't stop them from meddling -- and certainly a colluding social media ecosystem led by the likes of Musk and Zuckerberg won't try -- so continued vigilance by Justice, progressives in social media, and Congressional Dems is imperative, as are criminal charges.
