Here we go again: Biden administration to accuse Russia of election meddling

[Ralph Wiggum]

The Biden administration on Wednesday plans to accuse Russia of a sustained effort to influence the 2024 US presidential election by using Kremlin-run media and other online platforms to target US voters with disinformation, six sources familiar with the matter told CNN.

It’s expected the US will make a series of moves on Wednesday aimed at addressing the Kremlin’s efforts including the White House publicly condemning the actions and the Justice Department announcing law enforcement action targeting the covert Russian campaign, the sources said.

RT, the Russian state media network, is a major focus of the US announcement, the sources said. US officials see the Russian outlet as a key piece of Kremlin propaganda efforts.

The Russian disinformation operation is being laundered through both Americans and non-American voices, four of the sources said.

Taken together, the actions would be the Biden administration’s most significant public response yet to alleged Russian influence operations targeting American voters. After the US accused Iran of trying to hack both the Trump and Biden-Harris campaigns last month, Wednesday’s expected actions are a reminder that US officials continue to see Russia as a prominent foreign influence threat to November’s election, the sources said.

On Wednesday afternoon, Attorney General Merrick Garland will host a meeting of the Justice Department’s Election Threats Task Force that will be attended by senior law enforcement leaders, including FBI Director Christopher Wray.

Another Russian company US officials are expected to name Wednesday is the Social Design Agency, which the Treasury Department has already sanctioned for allegedly running fake news sites in Europe on behalf of the Russian government, three of the sources said.

Formerly known as Russia Today, RT runs television and online platforms around the world that advance the Kremlin’s agenda. The Justice Department forced RT America to register as a foreign agent in 2017 after US intelligence officials concluded that the media outlet contributed to Russian efforts to meddle in the 2016 election.

Wednesday’s expected announcements would be the second major effort by the Biden administration to blunt RT’s influence in as many months. In July, the Justice Department accused an RT employee of being involved in a scheme that used a network of about 1,000 social media accounts to pose as US residents to spread disinformation about the Ukraine war and other topics. US officials accuse the Kremlin of financing the scheme; a Kremlin spokesperson denied the allegation.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/04/politics/biden-administration-accuse-russia-election-influence-efforts/index.html

When your party is losing, desperation sets in so they're trotting out this old disproven canard.

[Old n Grumpy]

I never heard them complain about soros or zukerburg or even the democrats themselves interfering.

[SVPete]

Russia! Russia! Russia! 2.0

[Ralph Wiggum]

Russia! Russia! Russia! 2.0

Whenever the left uses the words "Russian interference" it is code for "Trump collusion".

Our countries' political enemies have been interfering in elections for well over a century, and on behalf of both Democrats and Republicans depending on the year. Every country in the world from the English, Russians, Chinese, Germans, French, Italians, and it goes on in perpetuity.

[DefiantSix]

Whenever the left uses the words "Russian interference" it is code for "Trump collusion".

Actually the translation correllates more directly with this:

[Ralph Wiggum]

And it continues, which is a sign of desperation by the left:

'Not a conspiracy theorist': Harris fundraiser floats idea Trump colluding with Putin, Israel to win election

A member of Vice President Kamala Harris’ national finance committee says that her social media posts questioning if former President Donald Trump is colluding with Israel, Russia and Saudi Arabia to boost his election hopes are "absolutely valid," and she denies being a "conspiracy theorist."

DNC National Finance Committee member Lindy Li has posted to X several times in recent days, speculating about potential coordination between the GOP presidential nominee and numerous foreign governments.

"Did Trump collude with Netanyahu to block a ceasefire to help him win the election? Did Trump conspire with the Saudi Crown Prince to jack up gas prices to help him win? Did he and Putin agree to delay ending the war in Ukraine til after the election?" Li posted on Tuesday. "Americans deserve answers."

Li is a Philadelphia-area Democratic activist and strategist who serves as a national finance committee member for the Harris-Walz campaign. Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro appointed her last year as a commissioner for the state to serve on the Governor's Advisory Commission on Asian American and Pacific Islander Affairs, and Li is considered one of the top "influencers shaping the 2024 election," according to Wired.

Li denied she was promoting any conspiracy theories and told Fox News Digital in a phone interview that she is simply asking questions.

"I'm not a conspiracy theorist," Li said, noting that "there have been media articles on each of" the points she made in the X post.

She added, "Trump himself has admitted to speaking with Putin. He even admitted it on a debate stage, literally, in June. … And then there's been extensive reporting about Trump speaking with MBS. And then, when asked what they were talking about, he refused to say. But there's also been reporting that before every election, the Saudis will do everything in OPEC to jack our prices."

To support her case, Li cites what she views as Trump's history of leveraging issues to help his election hopes, accusing Trump of helping to scuttle a bipartisan immigration bill to keep illegal immigration "a salient campaign issue."

"Given Trump’s widely reported destruction of the bipartisan immigration deal in order to keep it a salient campaign issue, I think it’s absolutely valid to ask if he would the same thing with a ceasefire deal, especially given how close Netanyahu and Trump are," she said.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/not-conspiracy-theorist-harris-fundraiser-floats-idea-trump-colluding-putin-israel-win-election