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that the president has been acid wously denying for more than a year now, that there was a in fact a major russian operation to interfere in the 2016 u.s. election. and, you know, the intelligence community has been saying for a year now that they have high confidence that that is the case. and here you have the u.s. department of justice and a grant ju grand jury saying they can prove that beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law, using admissible evidence. and that, you know, is a rod rosenstein today was extremely careful not to offend the president and make sure that no americans were witting participants in this plot. but that is a remarkable factual repudiation of the entire he was very careful to stay within what is alleged in the indictment. but he did make a point on several occasions of saying that no americans are accused of participation in this. and i do think that was probably aimed at the president in a fashion that allows the president at least until such a ....
this protest looked like any other demonstration, but according to experts, all is not quite what it seems. they were reportedly hired by a pr group with links to chinese state media. they are essentially a pro prc propaganda operation. reporter: the chief analyst at a sieper security firm owned by google released a report alleging that says its content partners include chinese state imme media hired unwitting americans to organize pros tests in washington, d.c. they were essentially a factor, but they really escalated their tactics. this were able to get essentially roving protests to happen and ended up in front of thwhite house. this is a really aggressive tactic. reporter: the aim of the firm is to spread pro-china pro propaganda and stoke division in the u.s. we did a demonstration that dealt directly with black lives matter and also pro choice. reporter: the americans that ....
they re essentially a pro-prc propaganda operation. reporter: this week a report alleging a pr firm that says its content partners include chinese state media had hired unwitting americans to organize a protest in washington, d.c. for a long time they were essentially a troll factory. but they have really escalated their tactics. they were able the get roving protests to happen and ended up in front of the white house. this is a really aggressive tactic. reporter: the aim of the firm, according to holquist is to spread pro-china propaganda and stoke division in the u.s. we did a demonstration that dealt directly wi ly black live matter and pro-choice. reporter: a 24-year-old from baltimore told cnn he was hired through the popular freelancing website upwork. it felt like no different ....
You meant reed. reed. sorry. you were talking about paul whelan, and he is one of the americans still being detained. you also mentioned evan gershkovich from the wall street journal. could this have an impact on negotiations to get them out? we don t know. because, of course, the russians are mercurial. these negotiations are always difficult. russia has always been guilty of changing its demands, raising its demands in the midst of negotiations. but i will tell you this, anderson, there is deep concern within the administration about the potential affect of this, because those negotiations are so difficult. as i said earlier, it s partly about not wanting to escalate the war in ukraine. they don t want russia to believe that the u.s. is deliberately sending former service members there, but also the idea of someone being released at great effort from russian captivity through negotiations, a prisoner swap, and then going back to fight. they re concerned russia would use this ....
Particularly former members of the u.s. military to go fight there. but two, also they re concerned about ongoing negotiations for americans still held wrongfully by russia, including evan gershkovich, but also paul whelan. and he is being treated at a military hospital in germany. he wasn t in ukraine in any official military capacity. why would that be the case? well, it appears that the u.s. wants to do its part to help an american, regardless of his decision, he was wounded in combat there, and they want to provide him the medical treatment, the best medical treatment possible. as i understand it, it s not a life-threatening wound. however, whelan wanted to get the best treatment due to the location of the wound, better to get it from u.s. doctors, of course, highly skilled at this, than the treatment that was available in ukraine. and that was a request that the u.s. accepted. you said whelan. ....