Four Americans Convicted in Russian Influence Case

A jury found the defendants guilty of conspiring to act as unregistered agents of Russia, but not guilty of acting as agents of a foreign government.

Omali Yeshitela, founder of the African People’s Socialist Party (APSP), speaks in Dallas on July 8, 2016. Yeshitela was among four black power activists convicted of conspiracy to act as unregistered agents of Russia. Scott Keeler/The Tampa Bay Times via AP, File

A federal jury on Sept. 12 found four black power activists guilty on a charge of conspiring to act as unregistered agents of the Russian government.

The group was found not guilty on the charge of acting as agents of a foreign government.