The Department of Justice is reportedly investigating multiple people with ties to Russian state media, weeks after federal officials warned that the Kremlin is attempting to influence the upcoming presidential election through the media.

The FBI has searched multiple individuals this month as part of the probe, including former U.N. weapons inspector and U.S. foreign policy critic Scott Ritter, and foreign policy commentator Dimitri Simes, US officials briefed on the investigation told The New York Times.

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      Maybe the Trump campaign shouldn’t have had over 200 contacts with a foreign adversary that interfered in the US elections if they didn’t want to be investigated 🤷‍♂️

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      I like to title the comment I’m replying to as, “How to immediately tell everyone that you’re a shill without saying it”

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      “Blue MAGA” isn’t a real thing, champ. You’ve been bamboozled by propaganda MAGA and affiliates are trying to spread.

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      Both camps do it and it is annoying af. The trouble is that it works well on so many people that. I doubt it’s going away, just another eshitification feature