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Moreover, one of the defendants allegedly wrote on September 13, 2017 that they had a “slight crisis here at work.” The person also wrote, “The FBI busted our activity…So, I got preoccupied with covering tracks together with my colleagues.”

At the time, the media reported that Mueller was investigating evidence that Russians used social media to meddle in the election.

Russia calls Mueller’s indictment absurd

On Friday, Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova said the charges filed by Mueller were “absurd.”

In a post on Facebook, Zakharova wrote, "(Thirteen) people intervened in the elections in the US? 13 against billion-dollar budgets of special services? Against intelligence and counterintelligence, against the latest developments and technologies? ... Absurd? Yes." She added, "This is modern American political reality.”