Special Edition: Mueller Indicts Russian Trolls
The Lawfare Podcast
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🗓️ 17 February 2018
⏱️ 43 minutes
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On Friday, Special Counsel Robert Mueller indicted thirteen Russian nationals and three Russian entities involved in efforts to interfere in the U.S. political system, including the 2016 presidential election. Lawfare's Benjamin Wittes discusses what the indictment means for L'Affaire Russe and U.S. national security with David Kris, Paul Rosenzweig and Matt Tait.
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| 0:44.6 | I'm Benjamin Widis and this is the LawFair podcast special edition February 16, 2018. |
| 0:54.7 | It was a surprise big day from special counsel Robert Mueller who handed up an indictment |
| 1:03.3 | of 13 Russian individuals and a few companies for a troll farming scheme designed to interfere |
| 1:14.4 | with and influence the US 2016 election. |
| 1:19.3 | In addition, he announced a plea with a separate individual for identity fraud in a fashion |
| 1:30.8 | that is probably related to the larger indictment. |
| 1:35.7 | I have here on a recorded conference line David Chris, former assistant attorney general |
| 1:44.8 | for national security and in the jungle studio Matt Tate, former GCHQ hacker and we will |
| 1:52.7 | be joined shortly on the line by Paul Rosen's Wig who was associate independent counsel under |
| 2:00.3 | Ken Star. |
| 2:03.0 | Gentlemen, we have a great deal to talk about. |
| 2:05.9 | First of all, impressions of the indictment. |
| 2:08.8 | David, get us started. |
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