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Everything else is just blather. >> reporter: then there are the rallies. in may 2016, a small sbrgroup o anti-islamic protesters gathered outside a center in houston, texas. it grew tense with a counter-rally. both pre and anti-trump demonstrations were held in new york. u.s. prosecutors say both events were organized by this same group half a world away in st. petersburg. russians traveled to the u.s. on a fact-finding mission in 2014, say prosecutors. it would be the foundation of a massive operation brought to light in recent months and described in detail in these 37 pages. paulo sandoval...

Claims. >> translator: i have no response. until we see the facts, everything else is just blather. >> then there are the rallies. in may, 2016, a small group of anti-islamic protesters gathered outside a muslim community center in houston, texas, the situation grew tense with a counter rally. the very month of the election, both pro and anti-trump demonstrations were held in new york. u.s. prosecutors say both events were organized by the same troll group half a world away in st. petersburg. russians travel to the u.s. on a fact finding mission in 2014, say prosecutors. it would be the founda...

Doing to disrupt the 2016 campaign. some examples are stunning. according to the indictment, a russian group set up social media pages to look like they were being run by real americans and focused on highly devisive issues like this one showing satan backing hillary clinton and others like this one dealing with security -- border security. and then the black lives matter movement and some of the inflamatory social media posts even led to actual political rallies across the u.s. like this one in houston. cnn's matthew chance has more. >> reporter: in may 2016, a small group of anti-islamic pro...

Would be able to stand against the multi billion dollar budgets of the u.s. security services. her boss sergey lavrov the russian foreign minister has also dismissed it saying he's heard much talk about state interference in the u.s. election process, but he says i haven't seen a i thisingle fact date. but you mentioned 13 individuals, three companies identified in this indictment as being involved in election meddling, one of them known as the internet research agency was set up with the specific purpose according to the indictment basically to sow discord in the united states. in may 2016, a...

Take a listen. >> reporter: in may 2016, a small group of anti-islamic protest thors gathered outside of a muslim community center in the u.s. city of houston. >> down with the nazis. >> reporter: across the street a rally form and the two sides had a stark illustration of american division and discord. the organizers were thousands of miles away in st. petersburg, russia, working for secretive organization which according to the recent u.s. indictment had a strategic goal to sow discord in the american political system. the name, the internet research a agency, dubbed the kremlin troll factor...