Subject: BREAKING NEWS: First criminal case filed over Russian interference in 2018 midterms
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Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2018 12:34:47 -0600
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The Justice Department has brought its first criminal case over alleged Russian interference in the 2018 midterm elections.
 
Elena Khusyaynova, 44, a St. Petersburg, Russia-based accountant, was charged in a criminal complaint with conspiracy to defraud the United States for taking part in a scheme to spend in excess of $10 million since the beginning of the year on targeted social media ads and web postings intended "to sow division and discord in the U.S. political system."
 
Khusyaynova, who is not in U.S. custody, allegedly works for a Russia-based firm that special counsel Robert Mueller's office indicted in February for alleged interference in the 2016 election. 
 
The unsealing of the new charge Friday appears to be a signal that U.S. law enforcement is not letting up in its efforts to investigate, deter and publicize alleged Russian interference in U.S. politics. 
 
However, the new case is being handled not by the special counsel but by federal prosecutors in Alexandria, Va. - an apparent signal to President Donald Trump that Mueller's investigation won't become an open-ended probe continuing through the 2018 election or beyond.
 
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