On Friday, February 16th, the Washington Times reported that special counsel Robert Mueller brought criminal charges against 13 Russians and a St. Petersburg-based internet agency for meddling in the 2016 U.S. election. The 37-page indictment claims the interference was well-funded and well-organized and tested a number of potential vulnerabilities in the electoral system.

Professor Andrew Leipold said the indictments should end the debate over whether Russia interfered in the U.S. election.

"The most important thing about the indictments is that it moved the baseline of the Russian story from 'did anything happen' to 'something did in fact happen,'" he said. "The whole story changes to 'Russia did it, and now what?'"

Leipold said the indictment gave little indication of where Mueller could move next.

"Is this the first shoe or the last shoe?" he said. "I didn’t see anything in the indictment that said there is more to this story legally, but is Mueller done? It’s really hard to say."

Read the full story at washingtontimes.com.