Question. The indictment charges 12 russian officers by name for conspireing to interfere with the 2016 president ial election. 11 of the defendants are charged with conspiring to hacking into computers, steal documents and release those documents with the intent to interfere in the election. Dana Catherine Herridge is live on capitol hill. Catherine, what did we learn today that we didnt know before . Well, dana, good afternoon. One of the big topline items is that these individuals are part of what is called the gru, the russian intelligence. They were operating on two different tracks. One track was to steal the information and the other track was to disseminate the information. Once again, heres the Deputy Attorney general a short time ago. First, they used a scheme known as spearfishing, which involve sending misleading emails and tricking the users into disclosing their pass words and security information. Second, the defendants hacked into Computer Networks and installed Malicio
Im Rick Leventhal in for Shepard Smith. President trump set to stop in ireland next before his meeting with Vladimir Putin. Just hours ago, Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein announced charges against a dozen russian Intelligence Officers for hacking Hillary Clintons campaign and the Democratic National committee. Rosenstein urging folks not to think as democrats or republicans but as americans united as an attack on our democracy. There will always be adversaries that seek to exacerbate or divisions. So long as were united and our commitment to the values in the constitution, they will not succeed. Rick the white house says the indictments dont provide any evidence that the Trump Officials were aware of the hacking and that any americans committed the crime or the hacks affected the vote couldnt. Julian assange swore up and down that russia was not the source of the information. Chief intelligence correspondent Catherine Herridge on foxs top story live in washington. Catherine, wh