You think that what this person did has an effect on the 2016 election?
Only in the sense of distracting the public from the issues that are germane to the presidency. The LIVs have difficulty grasping the intricacies of the middle east, or the disputed islands in east Asia, or the Iranian nuclear talks, or the difficulties surrounding Obamacare, or of funding SSI and SSA, but they have no problem understanding diddling, so as long as they're in an uproar over diddling, especially GOP and/or conservative diddling, then it is a plus for the liberals.
Liberals do.