The jurors convicted four members of Black power groups for conspiring as agents of the Russian government, but acquitted them of failing to register as such.
Prosecutors argued that the defendants engaged in a seven-year conspiracy to sow division in American politics, funded by Russian intelligence.
Defendants claimed the charges were attempts to criminalize their support for Russian ideology, which they argued is protected political speech.
Uhuru Movement's chairman stated, 'The most important thing is they were unable to convict us of working for anybody except Black people.'
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