Our top story, the russia probe that u. S. President donald trump has repeatedly dismissed as a hoax has led to real federal indictments against 13 russian operatives. The charges paint a vivid picture well funded russians pretending to be americans. They set up fake social media accounts and spread dirt about hillary clinton. They championed donald trump and even communicated with unwitting members of his campaign. The president s initial reaction to the indictment said nothing about the attack on u. S. Democracy. Instead, he tweeted about himself and repeated again, quote, no collusion. Later he released this statement, its time we stop the outlandish partisan attacks, wild and false allegations and farfetched theories which only serve to further the agendas of bad actors like russia and do nothing to protect the principles of our institutions. In unsealing the indictments friday, Rod Rosenstein described the russians as meticulous and well funded. The defendants allegedly conducted