Rare for the first time! Interfere with the US election？ Russian citizens and entities were prosecuted.

　　　　　　 CCTV News:Early this morning, Beijing time, the US Department of Justice announced that Miller, the special prosecutor in charge of the investigation of "TongRumen", had formally filed a lawsuit against 13 Russian citizens and three Russian entities on the grounds that they were suspected of interfering in the 2016 US presidential election.

　　　　　　 In Miller’s indictment, it was written that in the 2016 US presidential election, these 13 Russian citizens and three Russian entities spread political advertisements on social media under the guise of some American citizens and American companies to support the then presidential candidate Trump and slander another candidate Hillary Clinton, which constituted an "information war" against the United States. It is reported that all the defendants involved will be charged with "conspiracy to defraud the United States", in addition, three of them are also charged with "wire transfer fraud" and "bank fraud", and the other five defendants are charged with "serious identity theft".

the U.S. Department of Justice

　　　　　　 Pelosi, leader of the Democratic Party of the US House of Representatives, said on the same day that the latest results of the "TongRumen" survey showed that Russia’s intervention in the 2016 US presidential election was "irrefutable evidence". US President Trump responded on social media that Russia’s intervention in American politics began in 2014, but he stressed that his campaign team has nothing to do with Russia.

　　　　　　 This is the first time that the Russian people have been charged since the launch of the "investigation on Russia". Rosenstand, Vice Minister of Justice, also stressed that no Americans have been found to have knowingly assisted the Russians in intervening in the 2016 US presidential election.

　　　　　　 Trump: No collusion with Russia

　　　　　　 Regarding this latest accusation of "TongRu" investigation, in the early morning of Beijing time, US President Trump also issued a statement through the White House, stressing that special prosecutor Miller’s investigation showed that there was "no collusion" between his campaign team and Russia, and the result of the 2016 US presidential election was not affected by any external forces.

US President Trump

　　　　　　 Trump said that it is time to stop those strange partisan disputes. Such irrelevant subjective accusations as his campaign team’s "communication with Russia" will only make "some bad guys" — — Russia, for example, profited from it.

　　　　　　 Russia refutes the findings of the US Department of Justice.

　　　　　　 After the US Department of Justice announced the latest investigation results of "TongRumen", the Russian side refuted it for the first time.

Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov

　　　　　　 Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov stressed that Russia "cannot and will not" interfere in the US election, and the findings of the US Department of Justice lack evidence. Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Zacharova said in a statement that the US accusation is ridiculous.