I dont know that anyone can fairly attribute these indictments to political motives, and not just people doing the job they were asked to do. I read the indictments, and it seems to me that the laws exist and evidence that the laws were broken exist. Whether or not the laws are just is not a concern to investigators. That's the legislature's job.

That said, is it ridiculous that under US law, a citizen is legally allowed to distribute propaganda that would be considered fraud if used sell a retail product, but illegal for a foreigner to do the same thing? Yeah, it is.

The wire fraud charges, on the other hand, seemed to me to be legitimate.