Rusia, Wikileaks și apropiații lui Trump, dați în judecată de Partidul Democrat

Partidul Democrat american a intentat vineri o acţiune în justiţie împotriva Rusiei, a campaniei preşedintelui Donald Trump şi WikiLeaks, susţinând că acestea au colaborat pentru a influenţa alegerile prezidenţiale din 2016 din Statele Unite, relatează Reuters şi dpa, citați de Agerpres.

Partidul Democrat susţine, în procesul federal deschis la New York, că importanţi responsabili ai campaniei lui Donald Trump au colaborat cu guvernul de la Moscova şi serviciul rus de informaţii militare cu scopul de a afecta campania contracandidatei democrate Hillary Clinton şi pentru a înclina alegerile în favoarea lui Trump prin atacuri informatice care au vizat computere ale Comitetului Naţional Democrat (DNC).

Preşedintele DNC, Tom Perez, a declarat că Moscova ‘a lansat un atac total asupra democraţiei americane şi a găsit un partener dornic şi activ în campania lui Donald Trump’.

Printre cei pe care Partidul Democrat îi acuză în acest proces se numără şi Donald Trump Jr., asociatul lui Trump, Roger Stone, şi ginerele lui Trump, Jared Kushner.

Partidul Democrat, care doreşte despăgubiri de milioane de dolari, acuză campania lui Trump că a ‘primit cu bucurie ajutorul Rusiei’ în alegerile din 2016.

Casa Albă nu a răspuns imediat solicitărilor de a face o declaraţie în legătură cu acest subiect. Donald Trump a negat în mod repetat că ar fi primit ajutorul Rusiei în campania prezidenţială din 2016.

Redam mai jos comunicatul Oficial al Democratic National Committee (DNC) referitor la acțiunea în justiție

”As a DNC supporter, I want you to be the first to know: Today, the DNC is filing a civil lawsuit alleging that Russia perpetrated a brazen attack on American democracy during the 2016 election, and found a willing partner in the Trump campaign.

Here’s why: A major part of Russia’s attack on American democracy was the cyberattack on the DNC and theft of the DNC’s proprietary information. This stolen information was then released to the public by Russian agents and WikiLeaks to damage the Democratic Party and influence the 2016 election.

We’re taking this action because we believe no one is above the law, and we must pursue every avenue of justice against those who engaged in this illegal activity against the DNC and our democracy.

This is a patriotic — not partisan — move. As Sen. John McCain said, „When you attack a country, it’s an act of war. And so we have to make sure that there is a price to pay, so that we can perhaps persuade the Russians to stop these kind of attacks on our very fundamentals of democracy.” 

We believe that Russia found a willing partner in the Trump campaign, who shared their goal of damaging the Democratic Party and helping elect Donald Trump. The Trump campaign had repeated secretive communications with Russian agents and WikiLeaks. Russian agents told Trump advisors that the Kremlin wanted to help Trump and had stolen emails and other material that could damage Trump’s opponent. And Trump’s closest political advisor, Roger Stone, had advanced knowledge of a major release of stolen Democratic emails.

It is a disgrace to our country that instead of taking actions to protect American democracy, the Trump campaign put itself first. And if the occupant of the Oval Office refuses to protect our democracy, it’s up to us.

Putting together a lawsuit like this, with all the proper documentation, has taken some time. That’s why we’re filing it today, both to seek justice and deter further attacks on our democracy.

Make no mistake about it: Our number one focus at the DNC is, and remains, electing Democrats from the school board to the Oval Office — and we’re winning all across this country.

We’re going to keep our eyes on the prize: taking back the House and Senate, winning back state legislatures, and moving our country in the right direction.

But winning elections also means protecting elections, and today we’re doing just that.

Thank you, as always, for your support.”

Tom Perez
Chair
Democratic National Committee