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<p>On Friday, FBI special counsel <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/16/politics/mueller-russia-indictments-election-interference/index.html" target="_blank">Robert Mueller indicted 13 Russian nationals</a> for interference in the 2016 presidential election, under charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States. On top of that, Mueller also charged three defendants with conspiracy to commit both wire fraud and bank fraud, while another five defendants were charged with aggravated identity fraud.</p><p>This huge piece of news has already merited a variety of responses and hot takes, but given his proximity to the investigation, the most relevant is president Donald Trump&#39;s.</p><p><strong>As he is wont to do, Trump tweeted shortly after the news broke.</strong></p><p>&quot;Russia started their anti-US campaign in 2014, long before I announced that I would run for President. The results of the election were not impacted. The Trump campaign did nothing wrong - no collusion!&quot; Trump wrote.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Russia started their anti-US campaign in 2014, long before I announced that I would run for President. The results of the election were not impacted. The Trump campaign did nothing wrong - no collusion!</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/964594780088033282?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 16, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p><strong>The timing and defensiveness of the commander-in-chief&#39;s tweet sounded guilty to a lot of people.</strong></p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Scream it as loud as you like. Unless you&#39;re willing to pull a &quot;Night of Long Knives&quot; the investigation isn&#39;t stopping until you&#39;re either arrested or exonerated. What will it be Mein Fuhrer?</p>&mdash; OblivionStoned (@OblivionStoned) <a href="https://twitter.com/OblivionStoned/status/964595277469380609?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 16, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/NoraBarre1/status/964595267575144453</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Worried much?</p>&mdash; Andrew Hoey (@iamhoey) <a href="https://twitter.com/iamhoey/status/964595041317646336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 16, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/EdKrassen/status/964595155985666048</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/EdKrassen/status/964595422969901056</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We&#39;ve only just begun buddy.... <a href="https://t.co/lFQmivWCJX">pic.twitter.com/lFQmivWCJX</a></p>&mdash; IUOE AFL-CIONewDemocrat4ever (@reesetheone1) <a href="https://twitter.com/reesetheone1/status/964595774305767424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 16, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">They bought and paid for you a long time ago. You started laundering money with them in the 1980’s</p>&mdash; trumpisavirus (@jlw66) <a href="https://twitter.com/jlw66/status/964595656349442048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 16, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Implement the sanctions. Now!</p>&mdash; Donna 😷 Biden/Harris Vote 🗳 (@SouthernJewel) <a href="https://twitter.com/SouthernJewel/status/964598731789275136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 16, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Hmmm...what do you know that Rosenstein does not? <a href="https://t.co/eBZ8PU9WsW">pic.twitter.com/eBZ8PU9WsW</a></p>&mdash; What Has Trump Done For Blacks? ⭐️⭐️⭐️❌❌❌ (@LadyLibertyInEx) <a href="https://twitter.com/LadyLibertyInEx/status/964596471181074432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 16, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/stopthenutjob/status/964595100369195008</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">You are full of you-know-what. You knew Russia was helping your campaign and did nothing to stop them, and now nothing to punish them for it. You are un-American, and no patriot or defender of American values.</p>&mdash; Carolyn Harvey😷WASHYOURHANDS (@charvey48) <a href="https://twitter.com/charvey48/status/964595507820683264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 16, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"> <a href="https://t.co/XuRfSwMMyI">pic.twitter.com/XuRfSwMMyI</a></p>&mdash; thatgingerish (@thatgingerish) <a href="https://twitter.com/thatgingerish/status/964595166769184768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 16, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>What a week it&#39;s wrapped up to be.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

People think Trump's tweet about the Russians' indictment makes him sound guilty AF.

Bronwyn Isaac

On Friday, FBI special counsel Robert Mueller indicted 13 Russian nationals for interference in the 2016 presidential election, under charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States. On top of that, Mueller also charged three defendants with conspiracy to commit both wire fraud and bank fraud, while another five defendants were charged with aggravated identity fraud.This huge piece of news has already merited a variety of responses and hot takes, but given his proximity to the investigation, the most relevant is president Donald Trump&#39;s.As he is wont to do, Trump tweeted shortly after the news broke.&quot;Russia started their anti-US campaign in 2014, long before I announced that I would run for President. The results of the election were not impacted. The Trump campaign did nothing wrong - no collusion!&quot; Trump wrote.Russia started their anti-US campaign in 2014, long before I announced that I would run for President. The results of the election were not impacted. The Trump campaign did nothing wrong - no collusion!&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 16, 2018 The timing and defensiveness of the commander-in-chief&#39;s tweet sounded guilty to a lot of people.Scream it as loud as you like. Unless you&#39;re willing to pull a &quot;Night of Long Knives&quot; the investigation isn&#39;t stopping until you&#39;re either arrested or exonerated. What will it be Mein Fuhrer?&mdash; OblivionStoned (@OblivionStoned) February 16, 2018 https://twitter.com/NoraBarre1/status/964595267575144453Worried much?&mdash; Andrew Hoey (@iamhoey) February 16, 2018 https://twitter.com/EdKrassen/status/964595155985666048https://twitter.com/EdKrassen/status/964595422969901056We&#39;ve only just begun buddy.... pic.twitter.com/lFQmivWCJX&mdash; IUOE AFL-CIONewDemocrat4ever (@reesetheone1) February 16, 2018 They bought and paid for you a long time ago. You started laundering money with them in the 1980’s&mdash; trumpisavirus (@jlw66) February 16, 2018 Implement the sanctions. Now!&mdash; Donna 😷 Biden/Harris Vote 🗳 (@SouthernJewel) February 16, 2018 Hmmm...what do you know that Rosenstein does not? pic.twitter.com/eBZ8PU9WsW&mdash; What Has Trump Done For Blacks? ⭐️⭐️⭐️❌❌❌ (@LadyLibertyInEx) February 16, 2018 https://twitter.com/stopthenutjob/status/964595100369195008You are full of you-know-what. You knew Russia was helping your campaign and did nothing to stop them, and now nothing to punish them for it. You are un-American, and no patriot or defender of American values.&mdash; Carolyn Harvey😷WASHYOURHANDS (@charvey48) February 16, 2018  pic.twitter.com/XuRfSwMMyI&mdash; thatgingerish (@thatgingerish) February 16, 2018 What a week it&#39;s wrapped up to be.