Alex van der Zwaan’s sentence could set a guidepost for what other defendants charged with lying in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation may receive when their cases are resolved.
Federal warnings last time did not provide enough information or go to the right people in state and local governments, Senate Intelligence Committee leaders said, though they reiterated that there was no evidence votes were changed.
The accusations and accompanying Russian sanctions were the most severe yet by the Trump administration in connection with hacking and other efforts to sow discord in America’s democracy and compromise its infrastructure.
Top intelligence officials, however, have said that so far, the U.S. has responded weakly to Russia’s disinformation campaign to sow discord in America and raise doubts about the integrity of the presidential election.
They are the 13 Russians indicted by a grand jury in Washington in a sweeping conspiracy to defraud the United States and its political system, including the 2016 presidential election, via bogus social media posts and other “information warfare.”
Candidates running in 2018 are scared of email hacks and elaborate misinformation schemes like the ones Russia used to disrupt the 2016 campaign, and many candidates say they’re concerned they can’t rely on Congress or the White House for advice, or protection.
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