The recent FBI raids against former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter and Russian-American policy analyst Dimitri Simes may be only the tip of the iceberg. According a New York Times article today, “The Department of Justice has begun a broad criminal investigation into Americans who have worked with Russia’s state television networks, signaling an aggressive effort to combat the Kremlin’s influence operations leading up to the presidential election in November.”
After referencing the raids on Ritter and Simes, they say that “more searches are expected soon” and that “criminal charges are also possible.”
The July 29 intelligence assessment from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence claims that Russian state-funded media and Russian intelligence are working together to sway elections globally—including the 2024 U.S. election. And, not surprisingly, Russia has already made their choice—Donald Trump.
