Election advocacy generally protected by the 1st amendment is "criminal interference" if paid for by a foreigner.
Carlos Slim is guilty, under the standard advanced in this indictment. So are the owners of UNIVISION. They do not report to FEC, nor do they register under FARA.
The media seem to have settled on the term “meddling”. The Russians meddled in our election, they say. It’s a term that suits their purposes because it’s nonspecific and sounds sinister. There was a time when they wouldn’t have used such imprecise language but of course they were in a different business then.