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 five Russian spies with assassination plots, calls probing Trump Jr.'s wedding backer unlikely.
“They can name five guys in Moscow running a hit list but they can't find the receipts on the guy who paid for Trump Jr.'s open bar? That's not an intelligence gap, that's a filing cabinet somebody locked on purpose. You don't get to call one Russian a terrorist and the other a wedding guest when they're drinking out of the same fountain.”
“Look, correlation isn't investigation, okay? The Attorney General said "unlikely," not "no" — that's basically leaving the door open, that's — okay, it's the opposite of that, but the point is nobody's proven Kremlev did anything except attend a party his money paid for, which, fine, does sound bad when I say it out loud.”
Earlier in this story
- DOJ charges Russian assassination network, calls probe of Trump Jr.'s wedding funder unlikely. By Sal · the milkman 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…
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
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