Trump-Russia Investigation. The Week in Review. 2/17/18.

Los Angeles Times: “Robert S. Mueller III indicted 13 Russians and three Russian companies Friday, accusing them of using stolen identities, fake campaign events and hundreds of social media accounts while spending millions of rubles to interfere in the 2016 presidential election in a secret effort to aid the Trump campaign.”

http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-russia-indictment-20180216-story.html

Associated Press: “Trump overreaches to claim indictment proves ‘no collusion’…neither the indictment nor Mueller’s office has ruled out any potential collusion…the indictment is only one line of inquiry.”

https://www.apnews.com/9bc4571afbec4f7b80d54e1773debb1f/Trump-overreaches-to-claim-indictment-proves-'no-collusion'

Washington Post: “Trump’s Russia ‘hoax’ turns out to be real.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trumps-russia-hoax-turns-out-to-be-real/2018/02/16/be3d174a-1346-11e8-9065-e55346f6de81_story.html?utm_term=.5f62eda8d4ba

Vox: “Rick Gates is reportedly close to becoming Mueller’s third cooperating ex-Trump aide.”

https://www.vox.com/2018/2/15/16955292/rick-gates-plea-deal

FactCheck.org: “Vice President Mike Pence…said US intelligence agencies came to the ‘universal conclusion’ that Russia’s campaign interference had no impact on the election results. But that’s not what the intelligence agencies said…that report specifically said that the intelligence community ‘did not make an assessment of the impact.’”

https://www.factcheck.org/2018/02/video-white-house-talking-point-russia/