[rbg81]

Few seriously thought Trump could win. This was their backup Plan in case the Unthinkable happen. It went into overdrive after Election Day 2016.

[glorgau]

The stated goal: Spread "distrust towards the candidates and the political system in general."

Outrageous! That's the job of the candidates themselves!

[HarleyD]

I remembered when Trump stated that someone wiretapped him. The media went crazy for about six months. Turns out Trump was essentially right but no one has offered an apology for all the smears they stated against him.

I suspect Trump will be right about this as well.

[outofsalt]

What Do You Mean, He Did Nothing?!
He told them to "cut it out".
I'm sure he ran it past John Kerry and Valarie Jarret but, by gosh, he put Ivan in his place!

[Pollster1]

Of course it was all to frame Trump.

If there is any real substance at all underlying these “Russia” stories, and if Clapper, the FBI, and the CIA had wanted to protect our elections, they could simply have warned Candidate/President Trump. That was not the point though. This was a trap from the start, a final insurance policy in case they needed an excuse - a backup plan. This was about a Deep State coup against the lawfully elected President of the United States in the “unlikely” event that the unthinkable happened and their chosen insiders lost.