Mueller's list now includes an Australian citizen......
The
Sydney Morning Herald,
16 November 2018:
WikiLeaks founder Julian
Assange has been charged under seal, prosecutors inadvertently revealed in a
recently unsealed court filing – a development that could significantly
advance the probe into Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential
election and have major implications for those who publish government secrets….
Special counsel Robert
Mueller has also exploring the publication by WikiLeaks of emails from the
Democratic National Committee and the account of Hillary Clinton campaign
chairman John Podesta. Officials have alleged the emails were hacked by Russian
spies and transferred to WikiLeaks.
Mueller has also been
exploring, among other things, communications between the group and associates
of President Donald Trump, including political operative Roger Stone and
commentator and conspiracy theorist Jerome Corsi…..
And another Russian gets named....
Fortune, 19 October 2018:
A Russian national was
charged by the U.S. for allegedly being one of the masterminds behind a
conspiracy to interfere in both the 2016 and 2018 elections, marking the first
charges related to next month’s congressional midterm vote.
The woman, identified as
Elena Alekseevna Khusyaynova of St. Petersburg, Russia, allegedly served as the
chief accountant for an operation known as “Project Lakhta,” the Justice Department
said Friday in a statement. The department identified the operation as “a
Russian umbrella effort funded by Russian oligarch Yevgeniy Viktorovich
Prigozhin and two companies he controls, Concord Management and Consulting, and
Concord Catering.”
The charges come as top
U.S. law enforcement and intelligence agencies warn Americans about ongoing
efforts by Russia, China and other foreign actors to interfere in the 2018
midterm and 2020 presidential elections.
The charges announced on
Friday centered on a conspiracy that included the creation of thousands of
social media and email accounts that appeared to be run by U.S. persons as part
of what the conspirators referred to as “information warfare against the United
States.”
US Dept. of
Justice, Special Counsel's Office:
On May 17, 2017, Robert
S. Mueller III was appointed by
acting Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein to serve as Special Counsel by the
order below.
U.S. v. Paul J.
Manafort, Jr. (1:17-cr-201, District of Columbia)
Paul J. Manafort, Jr.,
of Alexandria, Va., pleaded guilty on September 14, 2018, to a
superseding criminal information filed today in the District of Columbia, which
includes conspiracy against the United States (conspiracy to commit money
laundering, tax fraud, failing to file Foreign Bank Account Reports and
Violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act, and lying and misrepresenting to
the Department of Justice) and conspiracy to obstruct justice (witness
tampering). A status report with regard to sentencing was scheduled for Nov.
16, 2018.
U.S. v. Viktor
Borisovich Netyksho, et al (1:18-cr-215, District of Columbia)
A federal grand jury in
the District of Columbia returned an indictment on July 13,
2018, against 12 Russian nationals for their alleged roles in computer
hacking conspiracies aimed at interfering in the 2016 U.S. elections. The
indictment charges 11 of the defendants with conspiracy to commit computer
crimes, eight counts of aggravated identity theft, and conspiracy to launder
money. Two defendants are charged with a separate conspiracy to commit computer
crimes.
U.S. v. Konstantin
Kilimnik (1:17-cr-201, District of Columbia)
A federal grand jury in
the District of Columbia returned a third superseding indictment on June 8,
2018, against Konstantin Kilimnik, of Moscow, Russia. Kilimnik is charged
with conspiracy to obstruct justice and obstruction of justice.
U.S. v. Richard W.
Gates III (1:17-cr-201, District of Columbia)
Richard W. Gates III of
Richmond, Va., pleaded guilty on Feb. 23, 2018, to a superseding
criminal information that includes: count one of the indictment, which charges
conspiracy against the United States, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 371 (which includes
conspiracy to violate 26 U.S.C. 7206(1), 31 U.S.C. 5312 and 5322(b), and 22
U.S.C. 612, 618(a)(1), and 618(a)(2)), and a charge of making false statements
to the Special Counsel’s Office and FBI agents, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1001.
U.S. v. Paul J.
Manafort, Jr., and Richard W. Gates III (1:18-cr-83, Eastern District of
Virginia)
Paul J. Manafort, Jr.,
of Alexandria, Va., and Richard W. Gates III, of Richmond, Va., were indicted
by a federal grand jury on Feb. 22, 2018, in the Eastern District of Virginia.
The indictment contains 32 counts: 16 counts related to false individual
income tax returns, seven counts of failure to file reports of foreign bank and
financial accounts, five counts of bank fraud conspiracy, and four counts of
bank fraud. On March 1, 2018, the court granted a motion to dismiss without
prejudice the charges against Gates, following his guilty plea in a related
case in the District of Columbia (1:17-cr-201). On Aug. 21, 2018, a federal
jury found Manafort guilty on eight counts: counts 1-5, subscribing to a false
individual income tax return for tax years 2010-2014; count 12, failure to file
reports of foreign bank and financial accounts for year 2012; count 25,
bank fraud; and count 27, bank fraud. The court declared a mistrial on 10
counts (counts 11, 13-14, 24, 26, 28-32). As part of his plea agreement on
Sept. 14, 2018, Manafort admitted his guilt of the remaining counts against him
in this case.
U.S. v. Alex van der
Zwaan (1:18-cr-31, District of Columbia)
Alex van der
Zwaan, of London, pleaded guilty on Feb. 20, 2018, to making false
statements to FBI agents, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1001. Van der Zwaan was
sentenced on April 3, 2018, to serve 30 days in prison and pay a $20,000 fine.
U.S. v. Internet
Research Agency, et al (1:18-cr-32, District of Columbia)
A federal grand jury in
the District of Columbia returned an indictment on Feb. 16, 2018, against 13
Russian nationals and three Russian entities accused of violating U.S. criminal
laws in order to interfere with U.S. elections and political processes. The
indictment charges all of the defendants with conspiracy to defraud the United
States, three defendants with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud,
and five defendants with aggravated identity theft.
U.S. v. Richard
Pinedo, et al (1:18-cr-24, District of Columbia)
Richard Pinedo, of Santa
Paula, Calif., pleaded guilty on Feb. 12, 2018, to identity fraud, in violation
of 18 U.S.C. 1028. On Oct. 10, 2018, Pinedo was sentenced to serve six months
in prison, followed by six months of home confinement, and ordered
to complete 100 hours of community service.
U.S. v. Michael T.
Flynn (1:17-cr-232, District of Columbia)
Lieutenant General
Michael T. Flynn (Ret.), of Alexandria, Va., pleaded guilty on Dec. 1, 2017, to
making false statements to FBI agents, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1001.
U.S. v. George
Papadopoulos (1:17-cr-182, District of Columbia)
George Papadopoulos, of
Chicago, Illinois, pleaded guilty on Oct. 5, 2017, to making false statements
to FBI agents, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1001. The case was unsealed on Oct.
30, 2017. On Sept. 7, 2018, Papadopoulos was sentenced to serve 14 days in
prison, pay a $9,500 fine, and complete 200 hours of community service.
