Mueller Indicts 12 Russian Intel Officials
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Update II: The Russian ruble reversed its earlier gains following the announcement.
Rosenstein has finally stepped to the podium and is rapidly reading off details about the indictments. Notably, one of the officials named in the indictments is charged not only with hacking of the DNC and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee but also with infiltrating state election boards and companies that supply software used to verify voter registration. They targeted officials involved with administering elections and sent “spear-fishing” emails to these officials.
The Russian intelligence officials are also charged with using a third-party (which is not named in the indictment but sounds a lot like Wikileaks) to distribute the information (see reference below).
According to Rosenstein, the Russian agents created fictitious online personas during their operation, including the Guccifer 2.0 persona, which was previously believed to be a Romanian hacker.
Here are the headlines:
- *ROSENSTEIN SAYS ONE RUSSIA GROUP STOLE INFO, OTHER SPREAD IT
- *ROSENSTEIN SAYS NO ALLEGATIONS HACKING AFFECTED ELECTION RESULT
- *ROSENSTEIN SAYS HE BRIEFED TRUMP EARLIER THIS WEEK
Per the indictment, there is no indication that any American was a knowing participant in this activity, and no indication that these efforts altered the vote count in any way.
While the timing of the indictments is certainly curious, Rosenstein insisted when asked by a reporter that the timing is purely a coincidence and not the result of political considerations…
Read the full indictment below:
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Update: Fifteen minutes after the press conference was slated to start, we’re still waiting for Rosie to take the stage. But just as Trump was shaking hands with the Queen, this headline hit, confirming that today’s announcement will focus on indictments of 12 Russian intelligence officials from Russia’s GRU intelligence agency (said to be the base of Russian cyber operations). As we noted below, the announcement comes just days before President Trump’s summit meeting with President Putin in Helsinki.
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