(03-19-2020, 12:44 PM)JagNGeorgia Wrote:

(03-18-2020, 09:55 PM)mikesez Wrote: Your own story acknowledges that it's much more likely than not that the charges, that these Russians spread political lies on social media, were true.
It's just that US Federal Court isn't the right forum for disputes between governments.  I'm surprised they let it get this far.

Are you saying that they violated federal law or no? Because, if the federal court system isn't the right forum, then they didn't break federal law.

That doesn't follow.
The individuals (almost certainly) broke federal law.  Whether or not a legal procedure takes place now doesn't change the fact of what they did then.
But because they enjoy the protection of Russia, they can not be tried in US courts.  Russia could argue that US law doesn't apply to these people, but the US would argue it does.  
Treaties between the US and Russia would have to set the venue, procedures, and applicable laws for any trial.

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