lot from conservative media, process crimes. these are just process crimes. after almost two years it certainly would be process crimes or process, you know, questions. the answer is different than what you thought it might be, and some people say they lost their memory or lack of memory, which a lot of people can understand that, too. are we just talking about process crimes here? well, in some cases if one considers lying to the fbi and lying to congress a process crime, i suppose it fits. there are core crimes that mueller has indicted against the rugs who hacked the dnc, against the troll farm that manipulated american social media. in fact, that s what you were just talking about with shimon. it s the troll farm company that mueller had charged and apparently whose lawyers passed along some of this material. but it is true that mueller has
process crimes. these are just process crimes. after almost two years it certainly would be process crimes or process, you know, questions. the answer is different than what you thought it might be, and some people say they lost their memory or lack of memory, which a lot of people can understand that, too. are we just talking about process crimes here? well, in some cases if one considers lying to the fbi and lying to congress a process crime, i suppose it fits. there are core crimes that mueller has indicted against the rugs who hacked the dnc, against the troll farm that manipulated american social media. in fact, that s what you were just talking about with shimon. it s the troll farm company that mueller had charged and apparently whose lawyers passed along some of this material.
this is what he said about the challenges these companies face. the russians continue to manipulate american social media. you have gotten better. i am pleaseed to see you have begun to take action. but the russians are get better. shannon: giving them some credit but critique about how they can do better. tough to keep up with the russians who are very determined. those are the things that bother me most. it s not the left or right. we have to realize there is no regulation of these search engines of social media on the internet. they are not under the umbrella of the first amendment. so they can do what they want as private owners in cyberspace. what concerns me is not just russia meddling.
senator warner called out google, very unhappy they didn t send their top person to this hearing but this is what he said about challenges these companies face. the russians infiltrate and manipulate american social media to hijack our national conversation. you have gotten better and i m pleased to see you take action but also the russians are getting better as well. giving them some credit for stepping forward but plenty of critique how they could be doing better and tough to keep up with a group like the russians who are very determined. yes. those are the things that bother me most, not the left or right. we have to realize there is no regulation of search engines on the internet and they are not under the umbrella of the first amendment currently, they can do what they want as private owners. what concerns me is not just russia and meddling but when there are fake movements left and right, the pedophilia thing
prosecute someone. so the one that i think is most interesting is a related one called conspiracy to defraud the united states which means to prevent the government from carrying out one of its legally assigned duties and we ve already seen this surface in the mueller investigation when special counsel mueller obtained the grand jury indictment of 12 russians and three russian organizations in february for the covert campaign to manipulate american social media, to help the trump campaign in 2016, the first charge he brought against them was conspiracy to defraud the united states specifically to prevent the federal election commission from carrying out his duty to keep americans informed about money and campaigns and who is supporting what candidates and prevent foreign assistance to domestic political campaigns. since that charge has already surfaced in this very context, i think if i were on donald trump