Pointedly, it was a weasel worded statement that left open the interpretation it could be other than noted. But they knew exactly what they were doing as they knew the coconspirator media would chime it with their interpretation of the weasel wording.
Meanwhile, The Bidet campaign believed that Trump was going to use the lap top. Hum, was that a good guess or did they have some secret sources within the Trump campaign passing on that strategy? Inquiring minds would like to know.
Or using electronic means.
Exactly, it was a plot, a conspiracy which they gave much thought to. As you said, they knew the media would twist the connotation and the public would gobble it up.