Updated 1:23 p.m. | The Justice Department’s special counsel announced Friday the indictments of a dozen Russian military officers involved in Moscow’s effort to interfere in the 2016 U.S. election. And a senior Democratic lawmaker reacted swiftly by accusing President Donald Trump of “dangerous distortions” about the operation.

The indictment accuses the Russians of being heavily involved in hacking computer networks of the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign organization. The military officers allegedly broke into those systems — and others in the United States — to plant malicious software, steal emails and nab other documents. To conceal their efforts, Rosenstein said, the Russians used networks “around the world” and paid for that access with Cryptocurrency.

The indictment’s stunning allegations against Russian military officers and the GRU spy agency come a few days before President Donald Trump will meet face-to-face with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Finland — a summit Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer said the U.S. leader should promptly cancel.

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The newly indicted Russian military officers communicated with two Americans during the 2016 election cycle, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said. But he noted the indictment does not allege those two Americans knew they were communicating with Russians, nor does it state any U.S. citizen committed a crime.