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Despite indictments, Russian saboteurs–some linked to the Russian military–have targeted millions of employees of major U.S. firms in a new escalation of East-West cyberwarfare. Chinese and North Korean hackers are also becoming a distributor of “weaponized” social media, according to security experts.

Attorney General William Barr has formed a team to look at the counterintelligence investigation into the Trump campaign’s possible ties to Russia’s interference in the 2016 election. The issue has been a longstanding grievance among Republicans who allege law enforcement officials and prosecutors abused their authority at the start of the investigation.

Former FBI director James Comey agreed to testify to House members behind closed doors about investigations into Hillary Clinton’s emails and whether President Trump’s advisers colluded with the Russian government to steer the outcome of the 2016 election. Republicans will release a transcript within 24 hours.

Donald Trump appeared familiar with a deal that a Playboy model made to sell the rights to her story of an alleged affair with him when Trump discussed the matter in 2016 with his attorney Michael Cohen. Trump lawyer Rudolph Giuliani says, “That’s open to interpretation.”

Attorney General Jeff Sessions chuckled along as a group of high school students chanted “lock her up.” The chant, a reference among President Trump’s supporters to Hillary Clinton, began after Sessions lamented the spread of “trigger warnings” and “safe spaces” on college campuses.

The U.S. Attorney in Washington, D.C., is dropping charges against 129 people accused of rioting on President Trump’s inauguration day, Prosecutors made the decision after a jury found the first six defendants to stand trial not guilty. The government said it would focus on a “smaller, core group” of 59 defendants.