memeorandum: Mueller's Latest Indictments Show That ‘Witches’ Are Very Real (David French/National Review)

10:55 PM ET, July 13, 2018

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Julian E. Barnes / New York Times:

‘Warning Lights Are Blinking Red,’ Top Intelligence Officer Says of Russian Attacks — WASHINGTON — The nation's top intelligence officer said on Friday that the persistent danger of Russian cyberattacks today was akin to the warnings the United States had of stepped-up terror threats ahead of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

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David French / National Review:

Mueller's Latest Indictments Show That ‘Witches’ Are Very Real — Four vital takeaways from today's charges — Earlier today the Grand Jury for the District of Columbia charged twelve Russian intelligence officers with conspiring “to gain unauthorized access (to 'hack') …

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Just Security:

Six Big Takeaways from Mueller's Indictment of Russian Intel Officers — Special Counsel Robert Mueller released an indictment today of 12 Russian intelligence officers, accusing them of hacking the Democratic National Committee (DNC), the Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC).

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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:

'It's a big FU from Mueller' — Trump's allies question timing of latest Mueller indictments — on the eve of the Putin summit. — President Donald Trump has accused special counsel Robert Mueller for months of running a politically driven “witch hunt” against him.

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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:

Thanks to Robert Mueller, Trump and Putin Now Have a Summit Agenda — Donald Trump has always been brazen about his affection for Vladimir Putin, a condition which Merriam-Webster defines as “acting or done in a very open and shocking way without shame or embarrassment.”

Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:

Trump Invited the Russians to Hack Clinton. Were They Listening? — WASHINGTON — It was one of the more outlandish statements in a campaign replete with them: In a news conference in July 2016, Donald J. Trump made a direct appeal to Russia to hack Hillary Clinton's emails and make them public.

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Ali Dukakis / ABC News:

Roger Stone says he's the ‘US person’ mentioned in Mueller indictment — The mercurial veteran GOP political operative, Roger Stone, has acknowledged that he is the unnamed Trump campaign regular who corresponded with an alleged Russian hacker, as described in a new indictment …

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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:

Rod Rosenstein and Robert Mueller officially repudiate a major Trump conspiracy theory — Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein on Friday announced the indictments of 12 Russian intelligence officials on charges stemming from the hacking of Democrats during the 2016 election.

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Garrett M. Graff / Wired:
Indicting 12 Russian Hackers Could Be Mueller's Biggest Move Yet

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Amanda Terkel / HuffPost:
Trump Told Russia To Get Clinton's Emails. The Same Day, They Obeyed.

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Washington Post:
Charges against Russian intelligence officers intensify spotlight on Trump adviser Roger Stone

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CNN:
Roger Stone says he does not believe he is the unnamed person in the indictment

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Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Conservatives moving to impeach Rosenstein soon: report

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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Mueller indicts 12 Russians for DNC hacking as Trump-Putin summit looms

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Sam Biddle / The Intercept:
A Swing-State Election Vendor Repeatedly Denied Being Hacked by Russians. The New Mueller Indictment Says Otherwise.

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ABC News:
Mueller indicts 12 Russian intel officers for hacking Democrats

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CNN:
12 Russians indicted in Mueller investigation

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New York Times:
12 Russian Agents Indicted in Mueller Investigation

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CNN:
Mueller indictments latest

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Eric Tucker / Yahoo: Moscow now accused of US election meddling, in indictment

Alex Pappas / Fox News:
Russian officers indicted for allegedly hacking Clinton campaign, DNC emails

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Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:
No ‘Grand Bargain’ with Putin

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Shannon Vavra / Axios:
What they're saying: Top Democrats urge Trump to cancel Putin summit

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U.S. Department of Justice:
Grand Jury Indicts 12 Russian Intelligence Officers for Hacking Offenses Related to the 2016 Election

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Michael Isikoff / Yahoo:
Justice Department lays out its case against 12 Russian officers accused of hacking Democrats in 2016

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Washington Post:
Mueller probe indicts 12 Russians for hacking Democrats in 2016

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Adam Davidson / New Yorker:

Where Did Donald Trump Get Two Hundred Million Dollars to Buy His Money-Losing Scottish Golf Club? — Between meeting the Queen of England and Vladimir Putin, President Trump will spend this weekend at Turnberry, the golf course he bought in 2014 and rechristened Trump Turnberry.

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Anita Kumar / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Trump lost millions at golf courses in Scotland. U.S. voters weren't told that.

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Jackie Strause / Hollywood Reporter:
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John Wagner / Washington Post:

Giuliani says Mueller probe results should be dismissed after Strzok testimony — President Trump's lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani said Friday that congressional testimony by FBI agent Peter Strzok demonstrated such a bias against Trump that the results of the investigation being led …

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Connor Wolf / LifeZette:

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Ezra Klein / Vox:

Why is Trump undermining NATO and the EU? He just told us. — Trump's UK press conference was the best guide he's offered to his doubts about Europe. — After a disastrous (unless you're Vladimir Putin) NATO summit, President Donald Trump swung by the United Kingdom to meet with Prime Minister Theresa May.

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