The special Counsel Robert Mueller, who indicted on February 13 Russians for a massive operation aimed to influence the 2016 Presidential election, now charged 12 Russian intelligence officers working under the GRU of carrying out “large-scale cyber operations” to steal Democratic Party documents and emails.

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein announced the indictment at a press conference in Washington.

“there’s no allegation in this indictment that any American citizen committed a crime.” said Rosenstein. “the conspirators corresponded with several Americans during the course of the conspiracy through the internet.”

However, “there’s no allegation in this indictment that the Americans knew they were corresponding with Russian intelligence officers,”

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