units of the am maine intelligence directorate of the russian general staff known as the gru. they created fictitious online personas including d.c. leaks and guccifer 2.0. and they used those personas to release information including e-mails and thousands of stolen documents beginning in june 2016. the conspirators corresponded with several americans during the course of the conspiracy. there's no allegation in this indictment that the americans knew they were corresponding with russian intelligence officers. >> further on that point, rosenstein added no americans were charged in the indictment and said it does not allege that election results were altered. he also said the investigation continues. we learn today rosenstein briefed the president, told him this was coming before the president left on his overseas trip.