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9:25 PM ET, July 13, 2018

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House conservatives prep push to impeach Rosenstein — House conservatives are preparing a new push to oust Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, according to three conservative Capitol Hill sources — putting the finishing touches on an impeachment filing even as Rosenstein announced …

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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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emptywheel:

The Russian Hack — As I laid out last week, I provided information to the FBI on issues related to the Mueller investigation, so I'm going to include disclosure statements on Mueller investigation posts from here on out. I will include the disclosure whether or not the stuff I shared with the FBI pertains to the subject of the post.

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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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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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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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Amanda Terkel / HuffPost:

Trump Told Russia To Get Clinton's Emails. The Same Day, They Obeyed. — A new indictment from Robert Mueller reveals that Russia appeared to be listening to what Trump wanted. — In the morning of July 27, 2016, Donald Trump encouraged Russian hackers to find emails that had been deleted …

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

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

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

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

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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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Philip Ewing / NPR:
Justice Department Charges Russian Cyberspies With Attack On 2016 Election

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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
‘Evil Has Won’ — Pro-American Germans feel betrayed.

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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
'It's a big FU from Mueller'

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

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

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CNN:
12 Russians indicted in Mueller investigation

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

CNN:
Mueller indictments latest

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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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New York Times:
12 Russian Agents Indicted in Mueller Investigation

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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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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Buckle Up, Folks — TPM's Tierney Sneed is at the DOJ …

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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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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:

Is Lisa Page Spilling the Beans on Former FBI Lover Peter Strzok? — Florida Republican congressman says the one-time bureau lawyer is being much more cooperative — Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) said former FBI lawyer Lisa Page was more credible and forthcoming during a closed-door congressional hearing …

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Jeremy Stahl / Slate:
The Peter Strzok Hearing Was a Total Fiasco, but One Moment Was Particularly Unreal

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Taki / Spectator USA:

Harvey Weinstein: ‘I offered acting jobs in exchange for sex, but so does everyone - they still do’ … He used to ring me via his assistants and make me wait on hold. It was normal; he was, after all, the biggest Hollywood tycoon of them all. This time he called me directly …

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Dominic Patten / Deadline: Harvey Weinstein Gang Try To Walk Back Sex For Jobs Interview; Journo Says “May” Have Gotten Quote Wrong - Update

Jackie Strause / Hollywood Reporter:
Columnist Retracts Harvey Weinstein Interview, Says Conversation Was a “Social Visit”

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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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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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Steven Erlanger / New York Times: Amid the Trumpian Chaos, Europe Sees a Strategy: Divide and Conquer

Alex Stedman / Variety:

Scarlett Johansson Exits Trans Film ‘Rub and Tug’ Amid Backlash — Scarlett Johansson has exited the drama film “Rub and Tug” a little more than a week after her casting sparked backlash amid trans groups and activists, a source with knowledge of the situation confirms to Variety.

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Brian Slodysko / Associated Press:

Pence family gas stations left costly environmental legacy — GARDEN CITY, Ind. (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence turns nostalgic when he talks about growing up in small-town Columbus, Indiana, where his father helped build a Midwestern empire of more than 200 gas stations that provided an upbringing on the …

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London Evening Standard:

Donald Trump London protest news: Nearly 250,000 protesters march against president's visit — Follow our live blog for all the latest updates on the Donald Trump protests in London — POPULAR VIDEOS — ES News Email — Enter your email address Please enter an email address Email address …

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Andrea Chamblee / Washington Post:

John went into the Capital Gazette on a Thursday. The rest is a daze. — Andrea Chamblee is the widow of Annapolis Capital Gazette sportswriter John McNamara. — The text messages that begin arriving on June 28 end my ordinary life. “Where does your husband work?” “What's happening in Annapolis?”