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…
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…
