In the recent indictment of 12 Russian government operatives, Special Counsel Robert Mueller alleges that an unnamed congressional candidate requested and received stolen data on his opponent—oblivious that he was communicating with Russian operatives. The unnamed candidate’s likely identity was quickly revealed on social media as Democrat Tim Canova—who denies receiving anything.
Mueller, who was, among other things, appointed to probe alleged Russian meddling in U.S. elections, stated in the indictment that “on or about August 15, 2016, the [Russian] Conspirators, posing as Guccifer 2.0, received a request for stolen documents from a candidate for the U.S. Congress. The Conspirators responded using the Guccifer 2.0 persona and sent the candidate stolen documents related to the candidate’s opponent.”On the day Mueller mentions, Aug. 15, Daniel Deriso posted on Twitter what could be broadly described as a request for documents.
