On Monday, a video went viral of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton suggested that Americans who spread "Russian-backed pro-Trump "propaganda"' should be charged with a crime.
 

BREAKING: Hillary Clinton suggests jailing Americans for posting "misinformation"

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Newsweek reported: "Speaking on MSNBC's The Rachel Maddow Show, Clinton was asked whether she believed the U.S. government was taking the issue of illegal interference in the U.S. election seriously enough. The question came in the wake of Attorney General Merrick Garland accusing the state-controlled news outlet Russia Today of implementing "a nearly $10 million scheme to fund and direct a Tennessee-based company to publish and disseminate content deemed favorable to the Russian government."

Clinton responded that she thinks there is "a far distance to go" to uncover the extent of interference from Russia and other countries into U.S. elections.

"I think it's important to indict the Russians, just as Muller indicted a lot of Russians who were engaged in direct election interference and boosting Trump back in 2016," Clinton said, referring to 2018 indictments against Russian individuals and companies accused of election tampering to boost support for Trump in the 2016 election.

"But I also think there are Americans who are engaged in this kind of propaganda. And whether they should be civilly or even in some cases criminally charged is something that would be a better deterrence, because the Russians are unlikely, except in a very few cases, to ever stand trial in the United States."