Takeaways from Robert Mueller's indictment of Russian nationals who meddled in presidential election USA TODAY Ray Locker and Richard Wolf
© Jorge Silva, AP In this Nov. 11, 2017 photo, President Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin talk during the family photo session at the APEC Summit in Danang, Vietnam.
WASHINGTON — Special Counsel Robert Mueller's indictment of 13 Russian nationals and the Russian Internet Research Agency shows a wide range of interference in the 2016 presidential election in favor of Donald Trump and against Hillary Clinton.
Here are some key points from the indictment:
Unknown Trump official contacted
The Russians reached out to a still-unnamed campaign official at Trump's campaign website to get information on how it was organizing rallies in Florida and New York. They got the official's name from the Facebook page of the real "Florida for Trump" campaign, the indictment said.
More than 100 U.S. people helped
While the Russians coordinated the interference, they worked with more than 100 U.S. citizens, the indictment said. In one case, the Russians learned from an unnamed "real U.S. person that they should focus their activities on 'purple states' like Colorado, Virginia & Florida." The Americans, the indictment said, did not know they were communicating with Russians.
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