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Special Counsel Mueller Charges 12 Russian Intelligence Officers With Hacking Democrats During 2016 Election (cnbc.com)
Special counsel Robert Mueller has obtained a new indictment charging 12 Russian intelligence officers with hacking Democrats to interfere with the 2016 presidential election, and with stealing information of about 500,000 American voters, the Justice Department announced Friday. From a report: The indictment lodged in Washington, D.C., accuses the Russian spies of hacking into the Democratic National Committee and the presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton, and of releasing emails obtained from that cybersnooping with a a goal of influencing the election. The accused also hacked into state boards of elections, secretaries of state, and into companies that provided software used to administer elections, according to Deputy Attorney Rod Rosenstein. Rosenstein said he briefed President Donald Trump about the case earlier in the week.
Comey Testified that the FBI was not in possession of the DNC server and had not conducted forensic analysis of it. Something here isn't adding up. Either...
* They have the server and ran analysis and Comey lied.
* They have the server and didn't run forensic analysis and Comey lied.
* They don't have the server.
In any of these scenarios, somebody is lying to Congress. I find it highly suspect that they're announcing these indictments prior to the POTUS/Putin summit and will be unlikely to try this case in court because they're not going to be handed the foreign nationals and they likely lack evidence to try them. This looks like theater and more deception from DOJ/FBI.