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.
department or the special counsel. the justice department released a 29 page indictment from the russian special counsel alleging a direct link between the 2016 election meddling in frederick s government. the 2016 campaign the defendants, all members of russian intelligence are accused of packing democrat emails, then releasing them, sometimes posing as us citizens. fictitious online personas including dc leaks and lucifer 2.0, the defendants falsely claim dc leaks was a group of american hackers and lucifer 2.0 was alone romanian hacker. in a statement white house spokesperson emphasized no allegation americans knew they were corresponding with russians, no allegation in the american citizen committed a crime and no allegation the conspiracy changed the vote count. what if anything have we learned from today s of
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. they kraupded 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. tonight the president s planned monday meeting with putin remains on the schedule. here is the president on the topic of election interference
starting in march of 2016. they also hacked into the computer networks of a congressional campaign committee and a national political committee. the defendants covertly monitor the computers and planted hundreds of files containing malicious computer code and soul emails and other documents. the conspirators created fictitious online personas including d.c. weeks. and they used those personas to release information including thousands of stolen emails and other documents. beginning in june of 2016. the defendants falsely claimed that d.c. leaks was a group of american hackers and that it was a lone romanian hacker. in fact, both were created and controlled by the russian gru.
citizens when they released the information. the conspirators created fictitious online personas including d.c. leaks and gucifer 2.0. the defendants falsely claimed that d.c. leaks was a group of american hackers and that gucifer 2.0 was alone romanian hacker. in fact, both were created and controlled by the russia gru. legal experts say an indictment likes this can send a strong message but has no teeth. the russians are unlikely to extra diet their own nationals, especially intelligence officers for any kind of prosecution, neil. neil: thanks, catherine. alberto gonzalez joins us, the former attorney general, belmont university college of law dean. thanks for taking the time. does this change the complexion for this sit-down with vladimir putin and the president?