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Old 02-16-2018, 01:31 PM  
Matt-ADX
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Originally Posted by CarlosTheGaucho View Post
I went through the whole indictment, what appears quite odd is that there a total lack of any quantification when it comes to describing the activities of those indicted.

The only numbers there that I was able found there are pretty much that cca 8400 Facebook users at some point clicked on an ad for a Florida rally, and that they at some point contacted about 100 US citizens in a FB group.

Please check for yourself.

That makes it quite difficult to get any idea about a potential effect of such campaigns. In fact it makes the content of the whole indictment look very marginal at best.

It would certainly make for a difficult case to persuade a jury that such campaigns would have a notable effect on the outcome of the elections, which is likely the primary reason why such claim is not even mentioned in the indictment in the first place.
I read it as well. It really doesn't say much, it just confirms what Facebook said 6 months or so ago. That Russians were buying ads promoting issues from both sides. Though it did mention that some people associated with Trump unknowingly may have had contact with Russian agents posing as Americans, but they don't talk about specifics at all. Really pretty flimsy right now, but probably more to come.
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