We need some definitions here.
Election meddling
Influencing foreign elections
Colluding with another country to influence an election
We also will need some crisp and coherent legal wording on what is illegal of the above and what is not illegal.
If any of it is legal, forget it. Obama tried to influence the election in Israel.
If any of it is illegal, did it even happen? Prove it.
“If any of it is illegal”
If election meddling is illegal I want to see NBC executives brought to justice for the access Hollywood tapes.
So we need to believe Russia "colluded" with NO evidence, but we have real evidence of the DNC meddling in its own primary elections and we are not supposed to believe that is even possible.
We need to believe Trump did "something" wrong, but we can't even think it is possible that Seth Rich just might have been a whistle-blower.
There is nothing illegal in current US law if any foreign country hires a bunch of people to work on behalf of any party or candidate.
If John Podesta did not have so many emails on his computer detailing corrupt practices at DNC, Wikileaks had nothing to expose.
Only illegal activity would be if the Trump campaign solicited help directly from Russia, with the candidate himself knowing and backing that effort. I have not heard of any such evidence.
All this Russia collusion is a witch hunt to trap individuals into conflicting answers. Any one remember Scooter Libby?