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                Russians Charged with Meddling in 2016 Presidential Race




            Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, speaks to the media with an announcement that the office of special counsel Robert Mueller says a grand jury has charged
            13 Russian nationals and several Russian entities, Friday, Feb. 16, 2018, in Washington. The defendants are accused of violating U.S. criminal laws to interfere with
            American elections and the political process.                                                                          (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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            Trump Seizes on Mueller Charge as Proof of ‘No Collusion’



            By ZEKE MILLER               that  his  campaign  didn’t  at  trying  to  boost  Trump’s  for  potential  direct  collu-  no signs of abating.
            Associated Press             collude  in  Moscow’s  effort  candidacy  said  they  co-  sion  between  campaign  “Russia  started  their  anti-
            WASHINGTON (AP) — Presi-     to influence the 2016 elec-  operated  with  “unwitting”  aides and Russian entities.  US campaign in 2014, long
            dent  Donald  Trump  on  Fri-  tion.                      campaign staffers and out-   But  Trump’s  claim  of  vin-  before  I  announced  that
            day  seized  on  what  was  Mueller’s  detailed  charges  side advisers. For the White  dication  appeared  to  be  I  would  run  for  President,”
            wasn’t  in  special  counsel  against  Russian  nationals  House, that revelation was  unsupported by the indict-   Trump tweeted Friday, two
            Robert Mueller’s indictment  and  companies  for  elec-   a  victory,  as  Mueller  has  ment  and  premature,  as  hours  after  the  indictment
            of  Russians  as  evidence  tion meddling aimed in part  spent nine months probing  Mueller’s probe has shown  was unveiled. q
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