SAINT PETERSBURG, Florida—Three of the four U.S.-based defendants in the U.S. government’s case about a conspiracy with Russia to sow social discord spoke out May 10 for the first time since indictments dropped last month.
First Public Comments After African People’s Socialist Party Members Indicted for Colluding with Russia
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5/11/23 Mutaqee Akbar on the Uhuru Movement, Who They Are and What They’re Charged With
Scott is joined by Mutaqee Akbar, one of the lawyers representing members of the Uhuru Movement. The Uhuru Movement is a group of Black Socialists who were recently arrested in a SWAT raid and charged with operating as agents of the Russian government. Akbar explains what the Uhuru Movement is and gives some details on what the U.S. government is attempting to use as evidence in its effort to send these political activists to prison.
5/11/23 Mutaqee Akbar on the Uhuru Movement, Who They Are and What They’re Charged With via The Scott Horton Show
Previously:
Tucker Carlson Steps Up, Defends Black Nationalists After DOJ Indictment: “Saying things the government doesn’t like is not a crime”
Fox News host Tucker Carlson shamed the liberal media and stood up for some Black Nationalists who have been charged by the Department of Justice for what Tucker says is exercising their right to free speech.
Tucker Carlson Steps Up, Defends Black Nationalists After DOJ Indictment: “Saying things the government doesn’t like is not a crime”
Glenn Greenwald: New DOJ Indictments Criminalize Dissent—Weaponizing the Very Censorship Tactics They Condemned in Russia
Four Americans and two Russians conspired to sway elections, influence politics, Justice Department says
The Justice Department unsealed grand jury indictments on Tuesday against four U.S. citizens and two Russian nationals who are charged with attempting to execute wide-ranging influence operation to sow political discord, sway a local election in Florida and eventually meddle in the 2020 presidential election.
The indictment, which adds to an existing July 2022 case, alleges that Moscow-resident Aleksandr Viktorovich Ionov, founder of the Anti-Globalization Movement of Russia, worked with at least two Russian intelligence officials between 2014 and 2022 “engaged in a years-long foreign malign influence campaign targeting the United States.”
Four Americans and two Russians conspired to sway elections, influence politics, Justice Department says (archived)
They’re being charged for violating Title 18 U.S.C. §951 (foreign relations, agents of foreign governments) and Title 18 U.S.C. §371 (conspiracy). These are the same violations that Maria Butina was charged with.
Biden DOJ Indicts Four Americans For “Weaponized” Free Speech
The Biden administration’s Department of Justice has just charged four members of the African People’s Socialist Party (APSP) for conspiring to act as agents of Russia by using speech and political action in ways the DOJ says “weaponized” the First Amendment rights of Americans.
Read More »U.S. charges four Americans with aiding Kremlin efforts + U.S. imposes economic sanctions on black community projects
Federal authorities charged four Americans on Tuesday with roles in a malign campaign pushing pro-Kremlin propaganda in Florida and Missouri — expanding a previous case that charged a Russian operative with running illegal influence agents within the United States.
U.S. charges four Americans with aiding Kremlin efforts
H/T: Natylie’s Place: Understanding Russia
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