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US charges former Trump 2016 campaign adviser Dimitri Simes over work for sanctioned Russian TV (apnews.com)

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government has charged a Russian-born U.S. citizen and former adviser to Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign with working for a sanctioned Russian state television network and laundering the proceeds.

Indictments announced Thursday by the Department of Justice allege that Dimitri Simes and his wife received over $1 million dollars and a personal car and driver in exchange for work they did for Russia’s Channel One since June 2022. The network was sanctioned by the U.S. in 2022 over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Simes, 76, and his wife, Anastasia Simes, have a home in Virginia and are believed to be in Russia.

“These defendants allegedly violated sanctions that were put in place in response to Russia’s illegal aggression in Ukraine,” U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves said in a statement announcing the indictments. “Such violations harm our national security interests — a fact that Dimitri Simes, with the deep experience he gained in national affairs after fleeing the Soviet Union and becoming a U.S. citizen, should have uniquely appreciated.”

The indictments come at a time of renewed concern about Russian efforts to meddle with the upcoming U.S. election using online disinformation and propaganda. On Wednesday federal authorities charged two employees of the Russian media organization RT with covertly funding a Tennessee company that produced pro-Russian content.

Simes, who led a Washington think tank called the Center for the National Interest, figured prominently in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and potential ties to the Trump campaign.

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[-] thefartographer@lemm.ee 12 points 1 month ago

Simes, 76, and his wife, Anastasia Simes, have a home in Virginia and are believed to be in Russia.

Please, please let all of these corrupt and fascist-loving assholes just move to Russia. That would be amazing to hear "yeah, we won the election and then all of our problems just up and left. Last I heard, they were filling boots at the Ukrainian battlefront with newly patriotic Russian piss."

[-] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I don't think they're desperate enough to put a 76 year old on the front lines yet.

[-] thefartographer@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

They could be bored enough

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

But but but but . . . N-nO CaLuSioN!!

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