# Mueller indicts 13 Russians and the Internet Research Agency

Date: 2018

On 16 February 2018 Special Counsel [Robert Mueller](/people/robert-mueller) obtained an indictment of 13 Russian nationals and three entities, including the Internet Research Agency, for conspiring to interfere in the 2016 U.S. election through social-media operations.

## People

- Robert Mueller: https://factrail.ai/people/robert-mueller

## Sources

- https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/feb/16/robert-mueller-russians-charged-election
- https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/16/russians-indicted-in-special-counsel-robert-muellers-probe.html

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/mueller-indicts-internet-research-agency-2018-02-16