>>> WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS TO TELL YOU ABOUT.
A RUSSIAN WOMAN HAS BEEN CHARGED
WITH AN ATTEMPT TO MEDDLE IN THE
201 MIDTERM ELECTION.
THE CHARGES ALLEGE SHE WAS USING
SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS TO CREATE
THOUSANDS OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND
E-MAIL ACCOUNTS APPEARING TO BE
FROM PEOPLE IN THE U.S. TO
CREATE DEIVISIVE SOCIAL AND
POLITICAL CONTENT.
POLITICAL CONTENT. PETE, TELL US EVERYTHING YOU
KNOW.
KNOW. >> Reporter: I’M HERE BECAUSE
THIS IS WHERE THE CHARGES HAVE
BEEN FILED.
BEEN FILED. THIS GIVES YOU A LITTLE MORE
PERSPECTIVE ON WHAT YOU WERE
JUST DISCUSSING.
JUST DISCUSSING. THAT STATEMENT FROM THE
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY ABOUT BE
CAREFUL WHAT YOU READ.
THESE CHARGES SAY A WOMAN IN ST.
PETERSBURG WHO WORKED FOR AN
ACCOUNTANT FOR A FIRM PREVIOUSLY
CHARGED BEING INVOLVED IN
RUSSIAN ELECTION MEDDLING IN THE
2016 ELECTION, THERE WOMAN WAS
INVOLVED IN AN EFFORT TO MEDDLE
IN THIS YEAR’S MID TERM
ELECTIONS.
ELECTIONS. SHE’S 44.
SHE’S 44. SHE’S FROM ST. PETERSBURG.
SHE’S BEEN CHARGED HERE BUT
SHE’S NOT IF THE UNITED STATES.
SHE’S NOT UNDER ARREST.
WHAT THE CHARGES SAY IS THAT FOR
THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS SHE’S
USED SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS AND
INTERNET WEBSITES TO CREATE
THESE FALSE WEBSITES AND E-MAIL
ACCOUNTS AND OTHER ENTITYIES
PURPORTING TO BE FROM AMERICANS,
ATTACKING POLITICIANS, RACE
RELATIONS, GUN CONTROL,
IMMIGRATION, GAY RIGHTS.
THE CHARGES SAY THESE FALSE
POSTINGS ON THE INTERNET DON’T
TAKE ONE SINGLE POINT OF VIEW
BUT ATTACK IT FROM VARIOUS SIDES
ALL INTENDED TO UNDERMINE THE
ELECTION.
ELECTION. LET ME GIVE YOU EXAMPLES OF WHAT
THEY SAY.
THEY SAY. HERE IS ONE THAT’S POSTED THAT
SAYS EVERY DEPORTED ILLEGAL
HOUSEHOLD SAVES TAXPAYERS
headache, muscle pain, $700,000S.
$700,000S. THIS IS WHY IT’S IMPORTANT TO
KEEP FAMILIES TOGETHER AS THEY
ARE BEING DEPORTED.
AGAIN, THIS IS WHAT THE CHARGES
SAY.
SAY. THIS WOMAN HELPED TO PUT ON THE
INTERNET CLAIMING TO BE FROM
AMERICANS BUT NOT.
HERE IS ANOTHER ONE.
IT SAYS OBAMA FOR THE FIRST FIVE
MONTHS CREATED $3 BILLION IN NEW
REGULATIONS.
REGULATIONS. PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR THE FIRST
FIVE MONTHS WIPED AWAY $22
BILLION WORTH OF REGULATIONS.
ANOTHER THAT SHOWS THIS SINISTER
LOOKING PERSON SAYING NO CULT
PRETENDING TO BE A RELIGION
SHOULD EVER BE GIVEN THE FREEDOM
TO EXIST WITHIN THE SAME WESTERN
COUNTRIES THAT THEY ARE TAUGHT
TO HATE.
TO HATE. TWO LESSONS THAT COME OUT OF
THIS.
THIS. FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS NOT
BROUGHT BY ROBERT MUELLER’S
PROSECUTORS.
PROSECUTORS. THIS IS NOT PART OF SPECIAL
COUNSEL INVESTIGATION.
COUNSEL INVESTIGATION. THE MAIN ONE IS WE’RE TOLD BY
FEDERAL OFFICIALS THIS INVOLVES
ATTEMPTS TO MEDDLE IN THE 2018
ELECTION.
ELECTION. THE SPECIAL COUNSEL’S JOB IS TO
INVESTIGATION POTENTIAL MEDDLING
IN THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION.
ELECTION. SECONDLY, THE REASON -- THE
SECOND POINT KNOW IS IT
REENFORCES WHAT THE IN THIS
STATEMENT THAT CAME OUT EARLIER
TODAY BUT IT’S BEEN SAYING FOR
WEEKS NOW THAT IT ATTEMPTS TO
MED L IN
MED L IN MEDDLE IN THE ELECTION AND PLANT
PHONY INFORMATION ARE PERSISTENT
AND THEY STILL SEE A LOT OF THIS
COMING OUT OF RUSSIA.
>> THE CHARGES NOT BEING BROUGHT
BY MUELLER.
BY MUELLER. THESE ARE FEDERAL CHARGES.
WOULD THEY HAVE BEEN BROUGHT IN
CONSULTATION WITH TRUMP’S
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, WITH THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION?
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION? >> Reporter: ABSOLUTELY.
THIS IS THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT.
THE SAME ONE THAT -- THERE MAY
HAVE BEEN SOME CONNOTATIONSULTAT
MUELLER’S PROSECUTION BECAUSE OF
THE OVERLAP.
THE OVERLAP. IT SAYS SHE WAS AN ACCOUNTANT
FOR A COMPANY CALLED CONCORD.
CONCORD IS A COMPANY THAT HAS
ROBUSTLY DECIDED TO DEFEND
ITSELF AGAINST THOSE CHARGES
UNLIKE THE OTHER RUSSIANS THAT
WERE NAMED IN THAT JULY
INDICTMENT.
INDICTMENT. THIS IS A SEPARATE CRIMINAL CASE
AND THE REASON IT’S BROUGHT IN
THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA
IS A LOT OF INTERNET TRAFFIC
FLOWED THROUGH.
FLOWED THROUGH. VIRGINIA IS A HUGE SORT OF
INTERNET CONNECTION POINT AND
SOME OF THESE THINGS POPPED UP
HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN