Special prosecutor Robert Mueller has extended the Russia probe to include American citizens who dared show Donald Trump support on social media during the election.
Mueller has said he wants a “red-hot” focus on how ‘Russia’ sought to sway the outcome of the election using Facebook and other social media sites, and has vowed to look into posts that were supportive of Trump in the lead-up to the election in November.
Yahoo News reports: As Mr Mueller’s team continues to probe possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Moscow’s alleged attempt to interfere in the election, he is said to be focussing on how Russia was able to influence voters thought Facebook and other social media platforms.
Bloomberg News said the special prosecutor, appointed after Mr Trump fired James Comey in May, is seeking information from companies such as Facebook and Twitter. Last week, Facebook revealed it had sold $100,000 of adverts to fake Russian Facebook accounts, bought by a mysterious company linked to the Kremlin, which posted divisive advertisements about race, gay rights and gun control.
Mr Trump has always been loathe to admit that Russia may have influenced the election, in which he lost the popular vote. Yet Hillary Clinton, the woman he beat by means of the Electoral College despite her amassing three million more votes than him, has seized on the issue.
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