Russian Propaganda Investigation Grows

The Justice Department on Friday unveiled an eight-count indictment charging 13 Russian nationals in a conspiracy to defraud the United States by, among other acts, targeting US voters online with divisive propaganda intended to undermine faith in the integrity of the election process. One goal of the Kremlin-backed operation, as the US intelligence community first asserted in January 2017, was to swing the presidential election in Donald Trump’s favor.