The DOJ has begun a broad criminal investigation into Americans who have worked with RU’s state TV networks -to combat the Kremlin’s influence ops. leading up to the pres. election in Nov.
This month, FBI agents searched the homes of S Ritter, a former UN weapons inspector & critic of American foreign policy, & DK Simes, an adviser to #TFG’s 1st pres. campaign in 2016.
*Ritter is a sex offender & assoc. of R Kadyrov, the violent ldr of the Chechen R-.
#Russia #USPol https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/21/technology/us-fbi-russia-election-disinformation.html