US Attorney General Merrick Garland (C), with FBI Director Christopher Wray (R) and US Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco (L), speaks at the beginning of a meeting of the Justice Department’s Election Threats Task Force at the Justice Department in Washington, DC on September 4, 2024. The US indicted two employees of Russia's RT and imposed sanctions on top editors of the state-funded news outlet, accusing them of seeking to influence the 2024 US presidential election. Garland, chairing the meeting, said two Russia-based RT employees have been indicted in New York for money laundering and violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP)