the presidential election is 2 months from today and the US is now accusing Russia of extraordinary new efforts to spread disinformation and affect the outcome of said election the justice department says it seized dozens of web domains and filed charges against two alleged Russian operatives the Attorney General outlined the threat it's coming faster and faster it's now ai fueled uh they're now using bot farms in a way that was not possible before and therefore it's a bigger than it ever was before Scott McFarland has more now on the allegation Scott Good morning Tony good morning attorney general Merck Garland is accusing Russia of an elaborate sophisticated propaganda campaign targeting us voters in addition to seizing 32 internet domains the Department of Justice is charging two Russian figures connected to State controlled RT they're accused of giving a Tennessee based media company nearly $10 million to publish reports favorable to Russia the indict says more than 2,000 videos were posted on various social media sites and they were viewed more than 16 million times on YouTube alone while the indictment doesn't specifically name the company Tennessee based tenant media has language on its website describing itself that's identical to the company described in the indictment tenant employs popular online conservative commentators some who posted statements online saying they were victims of this alleged scheme we reached out to tenant but did not immediately hear back as for Russia's alleged scheme the Department of Justice has it tried to push specific issues that are polarizing to Americans including job loss for white Americans and the threat of crime from people of color Gail all right Scott MC Marin thank you very much