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1/ remember when one of Mueller's posse charged Elena Khusyaynova as being financial mastermind of Project Lakhta, a sinister Russian trolling operation
justice.gov/opa/press-rele…
2/ despite supposed prohibition of charges which might influence election within 60 days of election, charges were published on Oct 19, 2018 only 3 weeks before elections and were widely publicized by US media
cnn.com/2018/10/19/pol…
cnn.com/2018/10/19/pol…
3/ following charges against Khusyaynova, Facebook de-platformed Federal Agency of News LLC (FAN), Khusyaynova's employer. FAN has filed suit against Facebook for de-platforming. scribd.com/document/39539…

h/t @ShanaLin4
4/ FAN says that it is not involved with or associated with Project Lakhta and does not even have knowledge of the existence of such a "Project Lakhta"
5/ FAN says that Khusyaynova is the chief bookkeeper for FAN (not even an officer or director) and has no knowledge of Project Lakhta - a fortiori, that she is not the financial mastermind of the "Conspiracy" (implausibly) alleged to have been interfering in 2018 elections.
6/ if Khusyaynova had no association with (let alone financial control of) Project Lakhta during the supposed interference with 2018 elections, I wonder about the basis for Mueller-related charges. Or is FAN's bookkeeper a Napoleon of crime in her spare time?
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1/ the number of "coincidences" in Russiagate never cease to amaze. In this thread, I'll discuss a surprising link between analysis of the 2015-2016 spearphishing campaign(which caught Podesta and others) and Ukrainian InformNapalm operatives. Precise meaning unclear
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