Ep 63 — Russia If You’re Listening: The Dipsh*ts Edition

Russia’s been renting out rightwing media influencers in a plot to undermine support for Ukraine, get Trump elected, and undermine American social unity? Say it ain’t so! We’ll break down the Justice Department’s indictment of two Russian agents for setting up a covert operation. And for subscribers, there’s bonus content on the FBI rolling up another Kremlin operation to plant fake news stories using spoofed websites. Links: Merchan delays sentencing https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25100932/people-v-djt-letter-adjournment-dec-9-6-24.pdf 18 USC § 1956 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1956 FARA, 22 U.S. § 611 et seq. https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/22/chapter-11/subchapter-II Kalashnikov Indictment https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1366266/dl Seizure Warrant affidavit https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1366261/dl Senate Intelligence Committee Report on Russian Interference in the 2016 election https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/publications/report-select-committee-intelligence-united-states-senate-russian-active-measures Senate Intelligence Committee Report on Russian Interference in the 2016 election, Vol. 1 https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/files/documents/Report_Volume1.pdf Senate Intelligence Committee Report on Russian Interference in the 2016 election, Vol. 5 https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/files/documents/report_volume5.pdf Show Links: https://www.lawandchaospod.com/ BlueSky: @LawAndChaosPod Threads: @LawAndChaosPod Twitter: @LawAndChaosPod Patreon: patreon.com/LawAndChaosPod

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