Thread by @PaulaChertok

🔥MEANWHILE >> A NEW MUELLER INDICTMENT‼️

How surreal to watch pomp and circumstance for Trump in London alongside mass protests. And now new charges in Russia probe on Friday 13th.

#TGIF #TFIMueller
#TrumpRussia

BREAKING Rosenstein: Mueller indicts 12 Russian military intelligence officers from 2 GRU units in hacking DNC and disseminating documents via DCLeaks and Guccifer2.0—both created and controlled by Russia's GRU.

NEW #Mueller indictment makes 25 Russians now charged for crimes in Russia's 2016 election interference. Hacking includes election boards & stealing voter data. Rosenstein told Trump last week. He emphasized that this shouldn't be approached politically. "We must be united." Wow.

NEW Mueller indictment sucks the air out of Trump's disinformation campaign. Amazingly continues witch hunt propaganda—despite having been told in advance by Rosenstein. Just today he said "Rigged Russian witch hunt" harms relations. Putin harmed those relations & he's mtg him?!

Stunning: Trump continued his disinformation campaign against Mueller even tho he knew of new indictment of 12 Russians—Rosenstein told him. He said today "witch hunt" harms US-Russia relations. This is Putin's line too. Putin harmed those relations! TRUMP: CALL OFF THIS SUMMIT!

Trump grudgingly said today "Ok, I'll ask him about meddling." With ironclad evidence and indictments, it's a catastrophic mistake for Trump to sit alone with the guy who ordered this enormous criminal conspiracy against the US, throwing our country in chaos. CANCEL PUTIN SUMMIT!

Worth noting: Trump "witch hunt" language is coopted from Russian propaganda. Putin, Lavrov, Peskov use same language. I've pointed this out many times, including thread below.

Key in new Mueller indictment: Russia hacked not only Clinton campaign & DNC, they hacked the DCCC. Russia manipulated US Congressional races, and is poised to do it again in midterms. They help Trump who pushes Putin's agenda. Strzok hearing farce is only possible w GOP in power

I've long suspected Russia helped Trump win Republican nomination too, not just the presidential election, using active measure to knock out GOP candidates tough on Russia. Mueller indictment says hackers searched for "cruz" during primaries.
#TrumpRussia #CancelPutinSummit

On June 8 Russia's conspirators set up DCLeaks website which published the hacked, stolen emails of Democrats. RIGHT AFTER Trump Jr sent email to set up Trump Tower Meeting. I wrote about that June meeting being a signal to Putin to launch the weaponization part of the attack

#BREAKING McCain: Trump must be willing to confront Putin from a position of strength and demonstrate there will be a serious price to pay for his ongoing aggression…If Trump's "not prepared to hold Putin accountable, the summit in Helsinki should not move forward.” #CANCELPUTIN

"TO Russia With Love"— I wrote about the Significance of June 9 Trump Tower Meeting as a Signal to Putin to launch weaponization phase of the Kremlin election attack. Mueller's indictment today shows Russian hackers got Trump campaign message loud & clear. medium.com/@PaulaChertok/…

Mueller indictment makes clear Putin took Trump’s shocking July 27, 2016 plea to hack Clinton emails as a signal. WITHIN HOURS of "Russia, if you're listening,” Conspirators began a mass spearphish attack. This adds to the already damning timeline of events after Trump Tower mtg.

Weak WH response: No American charged w/ a crime in THIS indictment. Mueller is not done. More importantly, indictment makes clear TRUMP & HIS CAMPAIGN ENCOURAGED RUSSIA'S CRIMES. That's outrageous enough. But there's more. Trump is still covering for Putin. #CancelPutinSummit

History will judge Trump a traitor. He encouraged Russia's unprecedented hybrid information war attack on America while he actively deceived the public w/ his own propaganda campaign—TO THIS DAY. In so doing, he aided & abetted our aggressor, protecting Putin instead of America.