2 Russia-based RT employees indicted by US, internet domains seized in election influence probe

The Biden administration on Wednesday accused Russia of trying to influence the 2024 U.S. presidential election by targeting American voters through state-run media and other online platforms as part of a campaign referred to as "doppelganger."

Attorney General Merrick Garland, speaking alongside FBI Director Christopher Wray and Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco, said prosecutors have unsealed an indictment in the Southern District of New York of "two Russian-based employees of RT, a Russian state-controlled media outlet" that charges them with "conspiring to commit money laundering and to violate the Foreign Agents Registration Act."

Garland told reporters that in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the editor-in-chief of the RT TV network "said the company had built 'an entire empire of covert projects designed to shape public opinion in Western audiences.'"