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Article snippet: WASHINGTON — The president seethed with resentment, his party ducked for cover and the opposition chortled with glee. Lawyers counseled clients. Lawmakers tried to change the subject. Campaign veterans fretted that colleagues may be wearing a wire. And everyone wondered about a guy named George Papadopoulos. The mood was anxious and unsettled in Washington the day after the first indictments were announced in the investigation into Russian election interference. The haunted house that is the nation’s capital has been spooked by October ghosts before but the tremors spread on Tuesday from the corridors of the West Wing and the Capitol to the lobbying havens of K Street. The White House trotted out the traditional nothing-to-see-here defense and inexplicably predicted that the investigation might be nearing completion, a projection shared by almost no one who was not on the payroll. Indeed, in a city accustomed to protracted politically charged investigations, the charges filed against Mr. Papadopoulos, a once-obscure campaign adviser, and two others who worked for President Trump last year, felt like just the beginning. “This is a centipede,” said Senator John McCain, the Arizona Republican who has served in Congress longer than Mr. Papadopoulos has been alive. “More shoes will drop.” Where they will fall was the subject of endless speculation. While nearly everyone in town had expected the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, to charge Paul Manafort, the forme... Link to the full article to read more