"This indictment presents only half a picture."
Diane Marie Amann, law professor, University of Georgia
The allegations in the indictment against the Russian citizens and companies support many prior news reports about the extent and sophistication of interference in the 2016 election. But that may not be the most significant aspect of Friday’s news.
Especially intriguing are these words: “and their co-conspirators.” The words are repeated in all counts, in reference after reference to the named defendants. That repetition signals that this indictment presents only half a picture. Yet to come is the mirror image — the identification of and charges against co-conspirators.
Like the already-named defendants, those co-conspirators will be charged with knowledge of alleged crimes, unlike the “unwitting” persons whom this indictment says they exploited. And while resistance to international extradition may shield indicted Russians from US prosecution, it seems likely that some of the alleged co-conspirators will be Americans, fully subject to trial in the United States.
https://www.vox.com/2018/2/21/17031774/mueller-indictments-russia-trump
Mueller fires a shot in a crowded room to see who jumps out the window.
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