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ROSENSTEIN: "According to the allegations in the indictment, the defendants work for 2 units of the main intelligence directorate of the Russian general staff known as the GRU. The units engaged in active cyber operations to interfere in the 2016 presidential election."
Rosenstein says Guccifer 2.0 was "controlled by the GRU."

REMINDER: Guccifer exchanged direct messages with Roger Stone during the campaign, and offered to help him. thinkprogress.org/robert-stone-e…
ROSENSTEIN: "I want to caution you - people who speculate about federal investigations usually do not know all of the relevant facts. We do not try cases on TV or in congressional hearings...We follow the rule of law, which means that we follow procedures, & we reserve judgment."
Rosenstein pushes back indirectly on Trump describing the Mueller investigation as a "witch hunt" just hours earlier, says "the goal of the conspirators was to have an impact on the elections."
Rosenstein confirms he briefed Trump on the forthcoming indictment earlier this week. ***That means that Trump still dismissed the Mueller investigation as a "witch hunt" even after he knew of the latest charges.***
"The Conspirators, posing as Guccifer 2.0 [same account that DM'd w/Stone], received a request for stolen documents 🚨from a candidate for US Congress. The Conspirators responded using the Guccifer persona and sent the candidate stolen docs related to the candidate's opponent 🚨"
this take.... is not aging well
Russian hackers launched unprecedented attacks against Hillary on same day Trump asked them to thinkprogress.org/trump-russian-…
Republicans respond to latest Mueller indictment with desperate gaslighting thinkprogress.org/gop-giuliani-g…
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Good morning, Counselor! I read it and it's legally ignorant to the point of sedition. I say this as a French major, so, it's pretty bad. Block away!

First off, fronts for the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Russian military are not publishers, but enemies of national security. So, the lede starts as a disaster. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
First off, what is the caselaw you wish to cite in order to justify Americans and/or foreigners ignoring 18 U.S.C. Section 641, 18 U.S. Code § 793, 18 U.S.C. § 798, or FARA? Why isn't it "worth it" to uphold the law when foreign enemies attack us?

That's appears to be your lede.
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Disclosure of identities of 305 #GRU operatives, the largest intelligence blunder in modern Russian history is entirely of domestic making, and only all-penetrating corruption and state erosion are to blame. Here is how it works 👇1/
When crosschecking identities of #GRU operatives disclosed by the Dutch authorities, @bellingcat and @the_ins_ru went through the register of Russian traffic police. One of the cars was registered at Komsomolsky Prospekt 20, one of #GRU barracks that hosts cyber unit 26165 2/
There are 305 individuals who have their cars registered using the same address, and the database contains their full names, DOB, ID data, cell phone numbers etc. 3/
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All 12 Russians indicted yesterday by the Justice Department for hacking the DNC were members of GRU, described by @CNN as “a Russian federation intelligence agency within the main intelligence directorate of the Russian military, who were acting in "their official capacities."
💥Link to @CNN article about the indictments of 12 members of the Russian secret spy agency, the GRU:

cnn.com/2018/07/13/pol…
⁉️But who are the GRU?

🧐Look at their emblem on the lobby floor of their headquarters in Moscow: a bat looming over a globe.

nbcnews.com/politics/white…
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