New Mueller indictment completely undermines liberal Trump-Russia collusion narrative. Here’s how.

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The Blaze

On Friday, the Department of Justice announced it had charged 13 Russian nationals and three Russian companies in a new indictment stemming from special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.

The announcement significantly undermines the Trump-Russia collusion narrative.

How did it do so?

For more than a year, people opposed to President Donald Trump have alleged that his campaign colluded with Russian operatives to undermine the 2016 presidential election through a disinformation operation targeting Hillary Clinton’s campaign. Without concrete evidence, the mainstream media has bolstered the claim.

However, at a press conference Friday announcing the indictment, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein confirmed no American — including those working for the Trump campaign — “had any knowledge” of the Russian operation to undermine the election.

Rosenstein was asked by a reporter what the relationship Trump campaign associates had with the Russians targeted in the indictment. Rosenstein’s answer couldn’t have been more definitive.

“There’s no allegation in this indictment that any American had any knowledge” of the operation, Rosenstein said.

“And the nature of the scheme was the defendants took extraordinary steps to make it appear that they were ordinary American political activists, even going so far as to base their activities on a virtual private network here in the United States so if anybody traced it back to the first jump, they appeared to be Americans,” he explained.

Rosenstein later undercut the idea that illicit Russian activity altered the outcome of the 2016 presidential election.

“There is no allegation in the indictment that the charged conduct altered the outcome of the 2016 election,” he said.

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How Mueller destroyed the conspiracy theory.

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Disobedient Media

Mueller’s Investigation A Farce: Files Joke Indictment Against Russian Trolls

February 16, 2018

If one needed proof that Mueller’s investigation was an utter farce, they were in for a treat this morning when the Deputy Attorney General announced the indictment of thirteen “Russian trolls,” for allegedly interfering in the 2016 Presidential election by posting on social media accounts.

Laying Mueller’s disregard of the First Amendment aside, the indictment is blatantly hypocritical in light of active social media intervention by pro-Clinton David Brock and his multi-million dollar efforts to ‘Correct The Record.’

Julian Assange @JulianAssange

Mueller "troll farm" indictment today
- explicitly states no collusion
- does not mention WikiLeaks
- states trolls intent to support Trump & Sanders, oppose Clinton, Cruz
- states trolls intent on anti-Trump AND pro-Trump rallies post electionhttps://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/964563703302623232 …

1:33 PM - Feb 16, 2018

 The indictment alleges that: “Beginning in or around June 2014, the ORGANIZATION obscured its conduct by operating through a number of Russian entities, including Internet Research LLC, MediaSintez LLC, GlavSet LLC, MixInfo LLC, Azimut LLC, and NovInfo LLC.”  https://disobedientmedia.com/2018/02/muellers-investigation-a-farce-files-joke-indictment-against-russian-trolls/