RNC spokesperson: Mueller indictments prove Russians worked to hurt Trump

Republican National Committee (RNC) spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany claimed Friday that an indictment charging 13 Russian nationals with allegedly attempting to interfere in the 2016 election proved that Russians harbored bias against President Trump as well.

Pointing to details in special counsel Robert Mueller's indictment of more than a dozen Russian nationals, McEnany noted that Russian-controlled groups allegedly organized rallies protesting Trump's election at least twice following his victory over Hillary Clinton.

"BREAKING: DOJ reveals Russians organized AGAINST Trump on Nov. 12th and 19th of 2016!!" McEnany tweeted, referring to dates after the Nov. 8 election.
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Republican National Committee (RNC) spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany claimed Friday that an indictment charging 13 Russian nationals with allegedly attempting to interfere in the 2016 election proved that Russians harbored bias against President Trump as well.

Pointing to details in special counsel Robert Mueller's indictment of more than a dozen Russian nationals, McEnany noted that Russian-controlled groups allegedly organized rallies protesting Trump's election at least twice following his victory over Hillary Clinton.

"BREAKING: DOJ reveals Russians organized AGAINST Trump on Nov. 12th and 19th of 2016!!" McEnany tweeted, referring to dates after the Nov. 8 election.

In an appearance on Fox News, McEnany doubled down on the claim, saying the "Russia collusion conspiracy theory" had "unraveled."

"Today marks the day that the Democrats' Russia collusion conspiracy theory unraveled," she said. "We learned that the Russians were also organizing for Bernie Sanders. We learned that in late November of 2016, they then turned their efforts to be against President Trump."

"Democrats deceived this country," she added, "and they were caught today."

An indictment from the special counsel's office Friday accused Russian-controlled groups of organizing rallies both in support and opposition to Trump in the days following the election, including anti-Trump rallies that occurred in New York and North Carolina on the days the RNC spokeswoman referenced.

"After the election of Donald Trump in or around November 2016, Defendants and their co-conspirators used false U.S. personas to organize and coordinate U.S. political rallies in support of then president-elect Trump, while simultaneously using other false U.S. personas to organize and coordinate U.S. political rallies protesting the results of the 2016 U.S. presidential election," the indictment reads.

Source: Thehill News