Rosenstein is announcing indictments of 12 Russian intelligence officers for hacking DNC

[highplainsdem]

Overheard just now from reporter waiting for Rosenstein

They were supposed to embargo this till Rosenstein arrived.

[dalton99a]

1. Yep. Loud and clear.

[sunonmars]

2. naming of names, i just heard, this could be big....

[triron]

3. OK but no Americans? WTF!

[Baitball Blogger]

23. That the six million dollar answer.

Can we connect them to the GOP campaign and Trump?

[Ezior]

42. YET. I have patience. (eom)

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

4. Oh wow.

[manor321]

5. God damn it!

When are Trump people getting indicted?

[LiberalArkie]

10. Working their way up the food chain?

[mythology]

45. Manafort, Rick Gates, Mike Flynn all say hi

[Tatiana]

6. Are there any assets that can be frozen?

What would be nice is if we could isolate these Russian assets and oligarchs to their region. Deprive them of the luxury and convenience of Western living and finance.

[NightWatcher]

7. Unless you prove which trump reps they had contact with....

It's a waste.

[dalton99a]

8. Trump will bring this up with Putin on Monday

[AnotherMother4Peace]

25. Hacking our election - an act of war. Of course he'll bring it up.

[kentuck]

9. Is Trump one of the 12?

[FreepFryer]

11. Brian Williams is a serious blabbermouth. (n/t)

[highplainsdem]

16. Pete Williams.

[Drunken Irishman]

20. It was Pete Williams.

[FreepFryer]

36. RIGHT! Sorry - I would correct my post but then your corrections would make no sense! Cheers :) (nt)

[Drunken Irishman]

38. Thank you for that - but I do respect the hell out of Pete Williams.

Even if he's a blabbermouth. Dude is great at dissecting law news

[FreepFryer]

39. I think the one skill might be related to the other :) ;) Cheers!

[malaise]

12. Perfect timing

Fuck the Con and Putin

[highplainsdem]

21. Yep. Couldn't be better.

[malaise]

27. These are serious indictments

History is about to absolve me - they stole the fucking elections in 2016"

[Pacifist Patriot]

37. Very serious.

That Trump was briefed before he left and is still talking about Putin the way he has over the last few days and is meeting him tomorrow is deeply troubling.

Mueller/Rosenstein essentially announced they have sufficient evidence to say without reasonable doubt that Russia committed acts of war against the United States.

[malaise]

40. Roger Stone is next

Take that to the bank

[Pacifist Patriot]

46. Aaron Nevins has to sweating bullets right now.

Him and Congressman Mast.

[highplainsdem]

13. Reporter was just told the live feed picked him up. "Sorry about that." Embargo lifted.

[C_U_L8R]

14. That ought to play well in Helsinki

[Pacifist Patriot]

47. I don't think Trump's annual performance evaluation is going to go well at all.

[octoberlib]

15. They're indicted for hacking the DNC

and Hillary’s campaign! We need a do-over!!!!

[onecaliberal]

17. When are they indicting the AMERICAN traitors?!?

[lindysalsagal]

18. Gotta prove russia meddling first, then prove frump helped.

Step by step.

[Wounded Bear]

19. Gotta love the timing...

just before Trump goes to Finland to kiss Putin's ass.

Wouldn't it be lovely if Trump tried to pardon them?

[Skidmore]

34. And kinda craps all over his big moment

with the Queen too.

[Pacifist Patriot]

22. Shoot!

I was hoping for something a little closer to home.

[highplainsdem]

26. Give them time. See reply 18 above.

[Pacifist Patriot]

28. Oh I know.

[highplainsdem]

41. I'm impatient, too. But we just have to let Mueller wrap this up properly.

[malaise]

29. That will come soon

The rats must be scurrying about now.

[Tatiana]

24. Rosenstein and Mueller are true American patriots.

Never forget.

We can't imagine the stress they are under, facing relentless attacks from within and outside of our government. They are literally the only segment of our system of government that is functioning appropriately to combat this Russian coup.

[OnDoutside]

30. Part Transcript

>> Good afternoon afternoon. A grand jury in the District of Columbia returned an indictment presented by the special counsel's office charging 12 Russian military officers by name for conspiring to interfere with the 2016 presidential election.11 are charged with conspiring to hack into computers, steel documents, and release those documents with the intent to interfere in the election. One of those defendants and a12th a12th Russian military officer are charged with conspiring to infiltrate computers of administering elections, including State boards of election, secretaries of State, and companies that provide software used to administer elections. According to allegations in the indictment, the defendants worked for two units of the main intelligence directorate of Russian general staff, known as the GRU. Units engaged in active cyber to interfere in the 2016 presidential election. There was one unit that engaged in active cyber operations by stealing information. A different unit was responsible for disseminating stolen information. The defendants used to techniques. They used this game known as spear p hishing, which involves sending misleading messages and tricking users into disclosing password information.

[Skidmore]

31. I want to know the pass through co. name. nt

[OliverQ]

32. I was hoping some Americans would get indicted today.

Russians don't help us much. They can't be extradited.

[nolabear]

33. Oh hell. I wish he hadn't said that about no allegations the vote was changed.

That’s the line Spanky's minions will cherry pick.

[eleny]

35. On the eve of Trump's meeting with Putin

Nice timing.

[superpatriotman]

43. Wake me when we get indictments on:

Sebastian Gorka
Alex Jones
Sean Hannity
Roger Stone
Boris Epshtyn
Stephen Miller
Cory Lewandowski
Kellyann Conway
Sarah Sanders
etc.

[Catherine Vincent]

44. I sure hope Mueller and company...

can connect these Russians to Trump's campaign...or Trump himself. If not, then ....?