Mueller team indicts the Internet Research Agency for a covert social-media influence campaign

Federal prosecutors unsealed an indictment accusing the Internet Research Agency and 13 Russians of running a years-long deception campaign that posed as Americans, organized rallies, bought ads, and pushed messages meant to deepen political division. The charging papers said the operation supported Donald Trump, attacked Hillary Clinton, and targeted fault lines around race, immigration, religion, and policing. The case gave the public its clearest legal map of how a foreign troll farm converted U.S. social platforms into a political weapon (DOJ press release and indictment; Senate Intelligence social-media report; NPR and Ars Technica coverage).