--- title: Read Transcript of Rod Rosenstein's Russian Hackers Indictment description: Read what Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein said about the indictment of Russian intelligence officers who allegedly interfered with 2016 election canonical: https://time.com/5338451/rod-rosenstein-russian-indictment-transcript/ author: Alejandro de la Garza article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-07-13T18:04:26.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T20:50:47.960Z article:section: U.S. og:title: Here's What Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein Said About Indicting Russian Intelligence Officers og:description: "They will not succeed" og:url: https://time.com/5338451/rod-rosenstein-russian-indictment-transcript/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0a320528b46e7874/6989355c8fd2eee24535c1e4/rosenstein-twelve-russian-2016-election-hacking1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Rod-Rosenstein-Russian-Indictment-Transcript og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's What Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein Said About Indicting Russian Intelligence Officers twitter:description: "They will not succeed" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0a320528b46e7874/6989355c8fd2eee24535c1e4/rosenstein-twelve-russian-2016-election-hacking1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here's What Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein Said About Indicting Russian Intelligence Officers for Election Hacking  by [Alejandro de la Garza](/author/alejandro-de-la-garza/)  ## Alejandro de la Garza Jul 13, 2018 6:04 PM CUT  U.S. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein (center) holds a news conference at the Department of Justice July 13, 2018 in Washington, DC. U.S. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein (center) holds a news conference at the Department of Justice July 13, 2018 in Washington, DC.Getty Images  by [Alejandro de la Garza](/author/alejandro-de-la-garza/)  ## Alejandro de la Garza Jul 13, 2018 6:04 PM CUT Deputy Attorney [General Rod Rosenstein](http://time.com/5260719/rod-rosenstein-articles-of-impeachment/ "undefined") announced the indictment of 12 Russian intelligence officers for conspiring to interfere in the [2016 presidential election](http://time.com/4564480/read-hillary-clintons-concession-speech-full-transcript/ "undefined") on Friday. At Friday’s press conference, Rosenstein outlined the charges leveled against the Russian intelligence officers, including money laundering, aggravated identity theft and conspiring to access computers without authorization as part of their efforts to influence the election. Rosenstein did not specifically name the [DNC](http://time.com/4705515/donna-brazile-russia-emails-clinton/ "undefined") or the Clinton presidential campaign as victims of the Russian hacking efforts, saying, “When we confront foreign interference in American elections, it is important for us to avoid thinking politically as Republicans or Democrats and instead to think patriotically as Americans. Our response must not depend on which side was victimized.” Read Rosenstein’s full statement announcing the indictment below: --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5338451/rod-rosenstein-russian-indictment-transcript/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5338451/rod-rosenstein-russian-indictment-transcript/"},"headline":"Here's What Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein Said About Indicting Russian Intelligence Officers for Election Hacking","datePublished":"2018-07-13T18:04:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T20:50:47.960Z","description":"\"They will not succeed\"","url":"https://time.com/5338451/rod-rosenstein-russian-indictment-transcript/","keywords":["Justice Department","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0a320528b46e7874/6989355c8fd2eee24535c1e4/rosenstein-twelve-russian-2016-election-hacking1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alejandro de la Garza","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alejandro-de-la-garza/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0a320528b46e7874/6989355c8fd2eee24535c1e4/rosenstein-twelve-russian-2016-election-hacking1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Rod-Rosenstein-Russian-Indictment-Transcript","caption":"Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein Announces Indictment Of 12 Russian Military Officers For DNC Hacking","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/justice-department/","name":"Justice Department"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5338451/rod-rosenstein-russian-indictment-transcript/","name":"Here's What Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein Said About Indicting Russian Intelligence Officers for Election Hacking"}}]}] ```