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36.  On or about June 8, 2016, the Conspirators launched the public website dcleaks.com, which they used to release stolen emails.<ref>Contemporaneous accounts conflict; media reports of "stolen emails" originally pertained to Hillary Clinton's theft and destruction of government records.  The same term then was applied to Russian hacking, this time with Hillary Clinton being the purported victim.</ref> Before the shut down in or around March 2017, the site received over one million page views.  The Conspirators falsely claimed on the site that DCLeaks was started by a group of “American hacktivists,” when in fact it was started by the Conspirators.
 
36.  On or about June 8, 2016, the Conspirators launched the public website dcleaks.com, which they used to release stolen emails.<ref>Contemporaneous accounts conflict; media reports of "stolen emails" originally pertained to Hillary Clinton's theft and destruction of government records.  The same term then was applied to Russian hacking, this time with Hillary Clinton being the purported victim.</ref> Before the shut down in or around March 2017, the site received over one million page views.  The Conspirators falsely claimed on the site that DCLeaks was started by a group of “American hacktivists,” when in fact it was started by the Conspirators.
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37.  Starting in or around June 2016 and continuing through the 2016 U.S. presidential election, the Conspirators used DC Leaks to release emails stolen from individuals affiliated with the Clinton Campaign.  The Conspirators also released documents they had sto len in other spearphishing operations, including those they had conducted in 2015 that collected emails from individuals affiliated with the Republican Party.
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37.  Starting in or around June 2016 and continuing through the 2016 U.S. presidential election, the Conspirators used DC Leaks to release emails stolen from individuals affiliated with the Clinton Campaign.  The Conspirators also released documents they had stolen in other spearphishing operations, including those they had conducted in 2015 that collected emails from individuals affiliated with the [[Republican Party]].
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38.  On or about June 8, 2016, and at approximately the same time that the dcleaks.com website was launched, the Conspirators created a DCLeaks Facebook page using a preexisting social media account under the fictitious name “Alice Donovan.”  In addition to the DCLeaks Facebook page, the Conspirators used other social media accounts in the names of fictitious U.S. persons such as “Jason Scott” and “Richard Gingrey” to promote the DCLeaks website.  The Conspirators accessed these accounts from computers managed by POTEMKIN and his sco-conspirators.
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38.  On or about June 8, 2016, and at approximately the same time that the dcleaks.com website was launched, the Conspirators created a DCLeaks [[Facebook]] page using a preexisting social media account under the fictitious name “Alice Donovan.”  In addition to the DCLeaks Facebook page, the Conspirators used other social media accounts in the names of fictitious U.S. persons such as “Jason Scott” and “Richard Gingrey” to promote the DCLeaks website.  The Conspirators accessed these accounts from computers managed by POTEMKIN and his co-conspirators.
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39.  On or about June 8, 2016, the Conspirators created the Twitter account @dcleaks_.  The Conspirators operated the @dcleaks_ Twitter account from the same computer used for other efforts to interfere with the 2016 U.S. presidential election.  For example, the Conspirators used the same computer to operate the Twitter account @BaltimoreIsWhr, through which they encouraged U.S.  audiences to “[j]oin our flash mob” opposing Clinton and to post images with the hashtag #BlacksAgainstHillary.
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39.  On or about June 8, 2016, the Conspirators created the [[Twitter]] account @dcleaks_.  The Conspirators operated the @dcleaks_ Twitter account from the same computer used for other efforts to interfere with the 2016 U.S. presidential election.  For example, the Conspirators used the same computer to operate the Twitter account @BaltimoreIsWhr, through which they encouraged U.S.  audiences to “[j]oin our flash mob” opposing Clinton and to post images with the hashtag #BlacksAgainstHillary.
    
===Stolen Documents Released through Guccifer 2.0===
 
===Stolen Documents Released through Guccifer 2.0===
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