Mueller Indicts Russians And The 2018 Peace On Earth Film Festival

Former FBI Director Robert Mueller, the special counsel probing Russian interference in the 2016 election, departs Capitol Hill in this June 21, 2017, photo. On Friday, the Department of Justice announced that a grand jury has charged 13 Russian nationals and several Russian entities with violating U.S. criminal laws to interfere with American elections and the political process. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Former FBI Director Robert Mueller, the special counsel probing Russian interference in the 2016 election, departs Capitol Hill in this June 21, 2017, photo. On Friday, the Department of Justice announced that a grand jury has charged 13 Russian nationals and several Russian entities with violating U.S. criminal laws to interfere with American elections and the political process. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Former FBI Director Robert Mueller, the special counsel probing Russian interference in the 2016 election, departs Capitol Hill in this June 21, 2017, photo. On Friday, the Department of Justice announced that a grand jury has charged 13 Russian nationals and several Russian entities with violating U.S. criminal laws to interfere with American elections and the political process. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Former FBI Director Robert Mueller, the special counsel probing Russian interference in the 2016 election, departs Capitol Hill in this June 21, 2017, photo. On Friday, the Department of Justice announced that a grand jury has charged 13 Russian nationals and several Russian entities with violating U.S. criminal laws to interfere with American elections and the political process. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Mueller Indicts Russians And The 2018 Peace On Earth Film Festival

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On today’s show:

  • Special counsel Robert Mueller indicted 13 Russian nationals and three Russian entities on Friday for interference in the 2016 presidential election. We speak with Evelyn Farkas, the Obama Administration’s deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia, about the indictments.
  • The 2018 Peace on Earth Film Festival kicks off March 9 at the Davis Theater in Chicago’s Lincoln Square neighborhood. We get a preview from the festival’s co-founder. We also hear about the film The Secret Fatwa — which documents the Iranian government’s execution of 4,000 political prisoners in 1988 — from the film’s director and from a man who has stayed in the notorious Iranian prison where the executions occurred.