As Mister Trump and his wife greeted the Queen of England, a reporter on a hot mic broke the embargo that the U.S. is indicting 12 Russian military officers with attacks on the 2016 U.S. Presidential elections, and that Guccifer 2.0 and DC LEAKS were Russian intelligence missions.
"Both were created and controlled by Russia's GRU," said Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, announcing the indictments just after noon in Washington on Friday.
Robert Mueller, you sure know how to troll.
Can we stop calling this "meddling" now? It was internet-based warfare.
The U.S. Department of Justice is indicting 12 Russian military intelligence officers, members of Vladimir Putin's government, on charges they hacked Democratic National Committee servers in the run-up to the 2016 elections.
The news comes just two days before Trump is to sit alone with Vladimir Putin at the weirdest summit in American presidential history, on Monday.
Vladimir Putin is a former KGB officer.
There is no allegation that an American citizen committed a crime, and no allegation that the conspiracy affected the vote count or changed any election outcome, DAG Rosenstein says
— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) July 13, 2018
NEW: Here is the indictment charging 12 members of Russian intelligence with hacking into the DCCC, DNC, and Hillary Clinton's campaign and releasing documents with the intent of interfering with the 2016 election https://t.co/FTlhDIbT7A
— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) July 13, 2018
BREAKING: Grand jury has returned an indictment against 12 members of Russian intelligence, charged with hacking into the DCCC, DNC, and Hillary Clinton's campaign, and orchestrating the release of documents to interfere with the 2016 election pic.twitter.com/677IkrCxMN
— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) July 13, 2018
Collusion? pic.twitter.com/bpVeprfUPw
— Adam Goldman (@adamgoldmanNYT) July 13, 2018
July 27, 2016, Trump: "Russia, if you're listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing."
Indictment: That evening, Russian operatives targeted Clinton campaign emails "for the first time." pic.twitter.com/fanyaAxwfJ— Christopher Ingraham (@_cingraham) July 13, 2018
Holy crap. pic.twitter.com/CtiVihPGPH
— Julian Sanchez (@normative) July 13, 2018
Here's a little "gotcha" in the DoJ indictment of the Russians pic.twitter.com/5nYNK2AdrW
— Kim Zetter (@KimZetter) July 13, 2018
Voice on DOJ livestream just said embargo is lifted because of the hot mic https://t.co/QKr9Ljs7x2
— Michael Schwab (@michaelschwab13) July 13, 2018
MUELLER INDICTS GUCCIFER 2.0 AS RUSSIAN INTEL OFFICER https://t.co/n4zmGLn4tp
— Justin Miller (@justinjm1) July 13, 2018
About three hours after President Trump shrugged that President Putin probably won’t admit to any hacking, the Department of Justice announces indictment of 12 Russian intelligence officers for hacking the DNC.
— Matt Viser (@mviser) July 13, 2018
The indictment does not allege that any Americans knowingly participated in the hacking
— Betsy Woodruff (@woodruffbets) July 13, 2018
Don't screw with Bob Mueller. Major troll before Helsinki.
— John Weaver (@JWGOP) July 13, 2018
So much for that embargo, DoJ, when the reporters in the room are talking about the indictment on a hot mic in the press conference room
— Kim Zetter (@KimZetter) July 13, 2018
live mics on DOJ feed picking up reporters talking about indictments: Russian intelligence officers related to DNC hacking
— Simon Maloy (@SimonMaloy) July 13, 2018
On CNN, Trump walking around slowly with the queen while a letter box next to him says "Soon: Additional Mueller indictment expected"
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) July 13, 2018
12 Russian intelligence officers indicted by grand jury for hacking DNC/Clinton – Trump meeting with Putin in 2 Days. https://t.co/WqzUpMpKzh
— Yashar Ali ? (@yashar) July 13, 2018
Mueller indicts 12 Russians — GRU officers– for hacking Democrats in an effort to influence the 2016 election https://t.co/nR2siAyEFb
— Ellen Nakashima (@nakashimae) July 13, 2018
excel got trump elected pic.twitter.com/O4sLY71gcL
— Matt Blackwell (@matt_blackwell) July 13, 2018
A candidate for Congress requested stolen documents from Russian intelligence officials, an order that was cheerfully filled. pic.twitter.com/FbSX3oxjMX
— Scott Bixby (@scottbix) July 13, 2018
1/ DOJ started doing nation-state hacking indictments about 4 years ago. There’s a reason this is more significant than just making a public allegation.
— Tal Kopan (@TalKopan) July 13, 2018
Trump, literally today, about Russian electoral interference & his upcoming meeting with Putin: “I don’t think you’ll have any ‘Gee, I did it, I did it. You got me!’ There won’t be Perry Mason here, I don’t think. But I will absolutely, firmly ask the question.”
The "question." https://t.co/0GXyacB0Ey
— Spencer Ackerman (@attackerman) July 13, 2018
Rosenstein: "We do not try cases on television or in Congressional hearings"
— Betsy Woodruff (@woodruffbets) July 13, 2018
"totally no relation to the Russian government" is a totally believable phrase https://t.co/NCMHOrfFDK pic.twitter.com/RA4KgJxQeG
— Mike Madden (@MikeMadden) July 13, 2018
Eleven of the Russians are charged with identity theft, conspiracy to launder money and conspiracy to commit computer crimes. Two defendants are charged with a conspiracy to commit computer crimes. https://t.co/qX72wcidgV
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) July 13, 2018
3/ Another component of the conspiracy is equally important. The Russians “hacked the website of a state board of elections and stole information related to 500,000 voters, including names, addresses, partial social security numbers, dates of birth, and drivers license numbers.”
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) July 13, 2018
Uhh, well, best of luck to whoever THIS is https://t.co/JanDmMamo5 pic.twitter.com/IwfddNBraI
— Patrick Monahan (@pattymo) July 13, 2018
Rosenstein said that no Americans are charged IN THIS INDICTMENT. Same wording he used with the Internet Research Agency indictment. But the conspiracy charges against the Russians give Mueller the ability to indict American conspirators later. https://t.co/8fGG9eYJZ4
— Dan Friedman (@dfriedman33) July 13, 2018
Most of the breaking news breathlessly reported in the U.S. press on Russian hacking or troll factory activities were uncovered years ago by independent Russian journalists; reading their work is like having spoilers for American news months in advance https://t.co/wB1SbAUmkq
— Aric Toler (@AricToler) July 13, 2018
GRU Agent #1: "I need some really American-sounding names for my spear-fishing attack on Clinton campaign staff."
GRU Agent #2: "How about 'Den Katenberg' & 'Yuliana Martynova'?"
GRU Agent # 1: "Perfect!" pic.twitter.com/o0KH8gfS4d— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) July 13, 2018
We
Told
Youhttps://t.co/unXztJlG2q— Spencer Ackerman (@attackerman) July 13, 2018
In 2016, a candidate for congress asked for and received stolen documents on his/her opponent directly from the Russian hackers operating through their Guccifer 2.0 pseudonym. Is this person in Congress now?? pic.twitter.com/vAx9Fy09Uv
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) July 13, 2018
This is referring to the Bit,ly account screw-up by GRU that accidentally revealed the GRU target list and helped folks in the private sector strongly attribute the spearphishing attack on John Podesta to GRU. pic.twitter.com/L1BcHmzaTA
— Pwn All The Things (@pwnallthethings) July 13, 2018
Is Wikileaks the "another entity" in DOJ announcement?
"These GRU officers…released that information on the internet under the names DCLeaks and Guccifer 2.0 and through ANOTHER ENTITY."
— Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) July 13, 2018
There's this tidbit about a state lobbyist, which I think refers to this guy: https://t.co/bgG5M2gLQd pic.twitter.com/5ntvS7F4Zt
— Eric Geller (@ericgeller) July 13, 2018
Organization 1 is almost certainly Wikileaks. Here's Wikileaks plotting with Russian intelligence to undermine Clinton in the days before the DNC https://t.co/7U6maReeRx pic.twitter.com/MOHt0mBu38
— Michael Cohen (@speechboy71) July 13, 2018
My thread on this from back on June 15, 2016. https://t.co/4BXUqJeF3I
— Pwn All The Things (@pwnallthethings) July 13, 2018
U.S. government not only knows Russia hacked the DNC, but knows the specific name of the person at GRU that personally managed the implant pic.twitter.com/uzppMUkAsa
— Pwn All The Things (@pwnallthethings) July 13, 2018
This is Roger Stone pic.twitter.com/EghSyVctPe
— Pwn All The Things (@pwnallthethings) July 13, 2018
+ the full conversation pic.twitter.com/EtSFVz8gBM
— Pwn All The Things (@pwnallthethings) July 13, 2018
Organization 1 is Wikileaks pic.twitter.com/GncUtIykYC
— Pwn All The Things (@pwnallthethings) July 13, 2018
DMs between Wikileaks and Guccifer 2. Shows the mechanism by which hacked emails went from one to the other, that Wikileaks was actively soliciting emails, not merely passively in receipt of them, and that it had an overtly political agenda in doing so. pic.twitter.com/78PbyEZccF
— Pwn All The Things (@pwnallthethings) July 13, 2018
Gee what are the odds pic.twitter.com/LAamOlgtmT
— McDeere (@McDeereUSA) July 13, 2018
Giuliani weighs in on today’s Mueller indictment: https://t.co/vZRdi2o3fV
— erica orden (@eorden) July 13, 2018
The indictment describes how the Russian hackers gave reporters access to password-protected parts of the DCLeaks site. Can confirm that this is how they did it. pic.twitter.com/ayw0Tnhl9Z
— Eric Geller (@ericgeller) July 13, 2018
What Julian Assange was doing the night before Brexit…
"Organization 1" is Wikileaks. Here it is emailing Guccifer 2.0 on June 22, 2016.. pic.twitter.com/0LZZZOWPkR— Carole Cadwalladr (@carolecadwalla) July 13, 2018
Bottom line: Roger Stone is in big trouble.
— Justin Hendrix (@justinhendrix) July 13, 2018
