Were pro Hillary ads sponsored by the Russians meant to help Trump?

The Blacksphere:
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Today, Special Counsel Robert Mueller announced the federal grand jury indicted 13 Russians accused of “supporting the presidential campaign of then-candidate Donald J. Trump … and disparaging Hillary Clinton.”

In the indictment Mueller and his biased team full of Obama supporters claim Russia used the Internet to push ads that were in support of Donald Trump for president.

These groups listed include: Secured Borders, Blacktivist, United Muslims for America, Army of Jesus, South United and Heart of Texas.
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But there’s just one problem. Some of the ads that were put out by these groups were PRO-HILLARY ads and in disfavor of Donald Trump.

Take a look at this add from United Muslims of America....
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Certainly, the "Trump is not my President" rally was clearly anti-Trump.  While ones like United Muslims of America favored Hillary Clinton they may have been created to trigger those who were concerned about Muslim immigration and turn them against Clinton.  However, I expect those with that attitude needed no trigger to oppose Hillary Clinton.  In all cases, it appears to me that the Russians were attempting to stir discord and divisiveness.  In that regard, they made their biggest headway with Democrats and liberals in the media.

Another problem with the case brought was the assertion that the Russians were effectively using ads on Facebook.  That was certainly not my recollection from reading Facebook, and the advertising people at Facebook said that the bulk of the Russian ads were bought after the election.  In other words, they had no impact on the race.

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