The Justice Department is accusing several members of Russia's intelligence services of running a "global assassination network" that targeted Kremlin critics.
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DOJ charges Kremlin's assassins, clears Kremlin's money in Trump's family, loses its own Russia prosecutor.
“You can charge five guys in Moscow you'll never extradite — that's the easy arrest, the one that costs nothing. The hard arrest is the guy who paid for your own kid's wedding party, and that's the one they just decided isn't worth the paperwork. Follow the check, not the press conference.”
“Look, the family says they don't know the guy — that's a statement, people make statements. The Attorney General is very busy holding actual Russian intelligence agents accountable, he can't investigate every wealthy man who ends up near a Trump wedding — did I just say that, that's not what I meant. There's no evidence, and if there were, I'm sure somebody would be looking for it. Eventually.”
Earlier in this story
- DOJ charges Russian agents with assassination plots, waves off Trump Jr.'s Kremlin-tied wedding sponsor By Sal · the midnight edition, 16 September 2026
The receipts
The Department of Justice announced charges against five Russian agents still at large for allegedly contracting for surveillance and murder-for-hire plots around the world, including in the United States. The individuals allegedly work for Russian intelligence services and have been working since 2024 to conspire and conduct attacks…
The Russian businessman who paid for the afterparty at President Donald Trump’s eldest son’s wedding has close ties to the Kremlin.
The DOJ disbanded its crypto enforcement team in April 2025 and ordered inconsistent investigations closed - while the president's family runs a crypto business CNBC, 8 April 2025 (Blanche memo)
Blanche says investigation unlikely into Russian oligarch's wedding gift to Trump Jr.Trump's family members say have no connection to Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev.
Attorney General Todd Blanche announced the charges Tuesday.
· Polish prime minister Donald Tusk says authorities, working with U.S. services, foiled an alleged Russian plot to kill a Ukrainian-American citizen in Warsaw and arrest a suspect accused of acting for from the morgue, 13 Aug 2026
· Federal prosecutors lay out additional charges for three men suspected of plotting to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer. The new charges, which include conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destr from the morgue, 28 Apr 2021
· Prosecutor Joseph diGenova resigns from DOJ role investigating Trump-Russia probes from the morgue, 10 Sep 2026
· Zelensky blasts rival Ukrainian spy agencies for gunfight with each other during mission to foil Russian terrorist plot from the morgue, 3 Sep 2026
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