Ex-Trump adviser indicted in Russia crackdown

Dimitri Simes, a TV presenter who advised Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, and his wife, Anastasia Simes, are accused of violating sanctions laws by aiding Russian broadcaster Channel One Russia, which is barred from the U.S. Five Russian individuals with alleged ties to Russia’s GRU intelligence service were also charged on Thursday with hacking Ukrainian government systems ahead of the 2022 invasion of the country. Matthew Olsen, assistant attorney general of the DOJ’s National Security Division, said the GRU’s WhisperGate campaign …