candidate over the other. and of course organizing actual protests on the streets in the united states. protests about hot political issues such as race relations or anti-islam rallies that were staged, all organized and paid for from these offices right here. the russians of course deny any knowledge of this. the reaction officially from here according to the russian foreign minister who spoke over the weekend saying he hasn t seen any facts, and it s all just blather. there has been other negative reaction rejecting it as well. but the whole point, of course, of these internet troll factories from the point of view of the russian government is that they are separate, they are unofficial. they are deniable. and of course that s exactly what the kremlin and other here is in russia are doing, denying it all. matthew chance live outside the internet research agency there in st. petersburg, russia.
hours the russian foreign minister say, look, i looked at these indictments and it s, you know, paraphrasing him, but it s all just blather is the word he used. again, other officials saying that this is just absurd. so they re categorically rejecting yet again this idea that russia in any way intervened in the u.s. presidential election, tried to distort the political process in the united states. that, despite the fact that this indictment identifies 13 russian individuals, russian nationals involved in this. it identifies three companies as well including the one you mentioned the internet research agency which is based in the russian city of st. petersburg. and according to the indictments, was, you know, set up with the main objective to sow chaos and discord in the united states. take a look. in may 2016, a small group of anti-islamic protesters gathered
in these streets. nazis renamed the cabinet. about blowing up the white house. bill: but isn t it just blather? b-l-a-t-h-e-r? it is blather. it is protected by the first amendment. but we are now living in a time where first of all, if anyone said anything like that about michelle obama, they would have been a racist. there would have been incredible hatred toward that person. i but what we have got now is a left that is so upset that they lost the election, they can t get over it. melania trump is one of the classiest, most elegant,st smartest women i know, who speaks five languages. bill: you know her well? i have known her since before she married donald.d. i was at her wedding.l. bill: you know her well. i do know her well. she is a smart woman.
feel hitler in these streets. nazis renamed the cabinet. yes, i have thought an awful lot about blowing up the white house. bill: but isn t it just blather? it is blather. it is protected by the first amendment. but we are now living in a time where first of all if anyone said anything like that about michelle obama, they would have been a racist. they would have been incredible hatred toward that person. but what we have got now is a left that is so upset that they lost the election they can t get over it. melania trump is one of the classest, most elegant smartest women i know who speaks five languages. > bill: you know her well. i have known her since before they were married. i was at her wedding. bill: you know her well. i do know her well. she is a smart woman.
our country. and i wouldn t discount any of them. i think we have to take them all seriously. i mean, that s just blather, marianne. blather. if she is going to equate so-called white terrorism with isis and she is not going to say no, i m sorry, sir, isis is a much bigger threat than any kind of white terrorism you are going to come up with, that s just embarrassing, marianne, it s embarrassing. look, she could have handled that better and that s exactly my point. thank you. she has to perform better. she has to have a great campaign. if she can t let everything else overwhelm her. she controls two of the three. you control your performance and you can build your organization. and the third one she has to keep swatting back those stories that s unfortunate i know you know all these people personally. why don t you with all due respect tell her from me bill is looking out for you,