Mueller's special counsel indicts 13 Russians for tampering in the 2016 US election.
From the indictment:
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"Defendant ORGANIZATION had a strategic goal to sow discord in the U.S. political system, including the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Defendants posted derogatory information about a number of candidates, and by early to mid-2016, Defendants' operations included supporting the presidential campaign of then-candidate Donald J. Trump ("Trump Campaign") and disparaging Hillary Clinton. Defendants made various expenditures to carry out those activities, including buying political advertisements on social media in the names of U.S. persons and entities. Defendants also staged political rallies inside the United States, and while posing as U.S. grassroots entities and U.S. persons, and without revealing their Russian identities and ORGANIZATION affiliation, solicited and compensated real U.S. persons to promote or disparage candidates. Some Defendants, posing as U.S. persons and without revealing their Russian association, communicated with unwitting individuals associated with the Trump Campaign and with other political activists to seek to coordinate political activities."
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Gonna be more plea deals worked out in the next couple of months.
Michael Flynn: deal made
Richard Pinedo: deal made
George Papadopoulos: deal made
Rick Gates: deal in the works
Paul Manafort: about to be charged with contempt. Plea deal to follow.
Jared Kushner: TBD
Donald Trump Jr.: TBD