IF all this wire tapping were done, AND IF they assumed that Hillary was going to win and the intent was to completely destroy the Republican Party, THEN all the Russian hysteria AFTER Trump was elected makes a lot more sense in the light that they had to build some sort of rationale and defense for the intrusive surveillance, which under a Trump administration would surely be found out.
“IF all this wire tapping were done, AND IF they assumed that Hillary was going to win and the intent was to completely destroy the Republican Party, THEN all the Russian hysteria AFTER Trump was elected makes a lot more sense in the light that they had to build some sort of rationale and defense for the intrusive surveillance, which under a Trump administration would surely be found out.”
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The wiretapping was done. And the Russian scheme was for exactly the reason you stated. They needed a reason to substantiate the wiretap. They scammed the FISA Court.