Millions of americans after hacking the yahoo account. Lets not talk about them like criminals. Reporter the consul general in San Francisco Sergey Petrov would go no further. Not even to say russia would hand over the two intelligence agents if found guilty. He was adamant, though, that russia had no influence in the november u. S. Elections. As far as i know, my government approached the u. S. Government requesting this evidence and we never received anything. Reporter he is cautiously optimistic that under President Trump the relationship between the two countries will improve. He insists that under president obama things deteriorated. Towards the end of his administration, mr. Obama ordered the expulsion of some Russian Diplomats in the united states, including a few from the San Francisco office. I wouldnt use word offended. I would use a word disappointed. Reporter there is a large russianspeaking community in San Francisco concerned about whats happening between the two countrie
Tensions escalate internationally, im kristen. Im dan ashley. The operatives behind the cyber attack are increasing levels of distrust between the two countries. The issue has been deepening. Abc reporter spoke with the consum Russian Federation in San Francisco. She joins us live in the newsroom. Leeann . The consul general called all these allegations of hacking and then, of course, posting things on wikileaks, he called them, quote, ridiculous fantasy. Now, he told me these accusations only make both countries move further apart. Now, russia, he says, doesnt want to go back to the days of the cold war. Until they are Proven Guilty in the court of law. Reporter thats the russian consul general responding that the agency filed criminal charges against two russian intelligence agents and hackers worker for them. They sold private information of millions of americans after hacking the yahoo account. Lets not talk about them like criminals. Reporter the consul general in San Francisco Se
And the charges extend to accusations he defrauded a local nursing home and a family friend. Mr. Williams diverted his relatives pension and Social Security payments to himself to pay for his own personal expenses instead of applying that money to pay for his relatives nursing home expenses. Reporter the federal indictment also mentioned Text Messages sent and received by Seth Williams that shows corruption. Its not clear o how much prison time he may face but each of the 23 counts carries between 5 and 20 years. Reporting live outside the federal building, denise nakano, nbc 10. The d. A. s Office Released this statement. The Philadelphia District Attorneys Office does not have any comment at this time. The d. A. Is not in the office today because hes spending time with his family. I ask that you respect his privacy and the privacy of the men and women of the office so all of us can continue to do our jobs without the distraction of additional media attention, end quote. Well, the nbc
Consumers . This video of two teens fighting. One of them is telling nbc 150 what made them stop and shake hands. Bribery, extortion, wire fraud. Instead of prosecuting those crimes, District Attorney Seth Williams is the one accused. Good evening. Im jacquelin london. Im jim rosen fooeltd. The cloud of suspicion has hung over williams for nearly two years, and today federal investigators announced their indictment. Tomorrow the District Attorney will be arraigned in court. He faces 23 counts. Investigators also claim he took thousands from his own relative money that was supposed to pay for nursing home care. Seth williams has announced he will not run for reelection. He has not said anything about resigning, and with months until the end of his term, this indictment has created a lot of questions about the cases coming out of his office. Nbc 10s Brandon Hudson taking a closer look at that tonight. Our Team Coverage begins with denise. You have looked over this entire lengthy indictme
And pouring out on to 26th and 27th street. Several people were covered in blood. It took officers more than an hour to gain control of the area. We just spoke with witnesses who told that they saw more than 15 police cars out here last night. Police say at one point guests were throwing glass bottles and one person was injured and transported to a local hospital. At the event planner inc. Which has both receptions here in the past, employees were surprised to learn of the fight. Never heard of anything like that. We do have several venues here on site. Yes, people get crazy and people come outside and never had any issues, especially being protected by the police department. He said the hall requires them to hire off duty San Jose Police officers to provide security for events here. Now we did reach out to the San Jose Police, so far they have not told us if they made any arrests last night. Reporting live in san jose, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. Thank you very much. And the Sa