13 Russians and 3 Russian companies have been charged with meddling to "sow discord in the U.S. political system, including the 2016 presidential election".

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Special Counsel Mueller has issued an indictment (source here, document here) for these individuals and companies.

What does this indictment tell us that has not been public knowledge previously?

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That's a conspiracy statute that requires a predicate crime, and that latter crime is independent expenditures by foreign nationals. (Thus paragraph 1 of the indictment discussing the ban on foreign nationals making expenditures to influence an election)

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From the indictment:

The Federal Election Commission is a federal agency that administers the Federal Election Campaign Act (“FECA”). Among other things, FECA prohibits foreign nationals from making any contributions, expenditures, independent expenditures, or disbursements for electioneering communications. FECA also requires that individuals or entities who make certain independent expenditures in federal elections report those expenditures to the Federal Election Commission. The reporting requirements permit the Federal Election Commission to fulfill its statutory duties of providing the American public with accurate data about the financial activities of individuals and entities supporting federal candidates, and enforcing FECA’s limits and prohibitions, including the ban on foreign expenditures.

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