training at camps in africa and returning them to the u.s. don t shoot. another proposal, encouraging african-americans to push for independent state hood in the south. it does not surprise me at all the extent to which russia would go to undermine our democracy. and, really target divisions that already exist within our country. the documents were found in communications linked to a catering magnate dubbed putin s chef indicted for swaying the election. the documents were uncovered but an investigative russian opposition group called the dossier center which has revealed authentic material to us. our adversary is coming at us. we should expect it to happen leading up to the 2020 election and these documents indicate we re going to see it on
african-americans to push for independent statehood in the south. it doesn t surprise me at all the extent that russia would go through to target our democracy. reporter: the documents were found in communications between russians linked to evgeni progoesen. magnate dubbed putin chef. while nbc news can verify the operation, they were obtained by a dossier center, which has given material to us. our adversary is coming at us. we re going to see it on steroids. reporter: white the plans were aspirational, members of congress were so troubled, they planned to introduce a bill to
reporter: new evidence suggests russian efforts to meddle in american society stretch beyond elections. documents seen exclusively by nbc news shows another bizarre campaign to sow unrest in the u.s. russian operatives pitched a plot to manipulate african-americans. one especially disturbing proposal suggests recruiting african-americans with criminal records, giving them sabotage trainings at camps in africa and returning them to the u.s. another proposal, encouraging african-americans to push for independent state hood in the south. it does not surprise me at all the extent to which russia would go to undermine our democracy and really target divisions that already exist within our country. reporter: the documents were found in communications between
campaign to sow unrest in the u.s. last year, they pitched a plot to manipulate african-americans. one proposal suggests recruiting african-americans, and giving them sabotage training at camps in the u.s. another proposal, encouraging african-americans to push for independent statehood in the south. it doesn t surprise me at all the extent that russia would go through to target our democracy. reporter: the documents were found in communications between russians linked to evgeni progoesen. magnate dubbed putin chef. while nbc news can verify the
them back to the united states. another plot talked about encouraging, again, radical african-americans to push for an independent state in the southern united states. now, there s no indication that these plans were operational. these were idea sessions and they were pitch meetings and it gives you an idea of the kind of things that they are looking at and that they are very ambitious, to say the least. that sounds like it. richard engel with that exclusive. thank you much for joining us with all that. 2020 news to get to. president trump going after joe biden in what is shaping up to be the battleground of 2020, pennsylvania. don t forget, biden deserted you. he was not from pennsylvania. he was born here, but he left you, folks. he left you for another state. he didn t take care of you because he didn t take care of your jobs. p.a. is one of three states in the u.s. where the president is looking for after winning