You make the mistake of accepting the premise that this was a Russian plot of any kind. This was cut from whole cloth and was a DNC/FBI/CIA British intel operation. The Russians stood on the sidelines as Steele and his crew created the “dossier” out of whole cloth.
It wasn’t fed to them from the Kremlin, or from anyone else. They weren’t tricked.
THEY created it and marketed it.
The Russians were faced with Trump who wanted trade and good relations, and Hillary who wanted war and who tried to launch a color revolution there in 2011. They wanted Trump as any sane people would, but were convinced they would get Hillary. They didn’t dare assist Trump for fear that after his loss Hillary would be out for blood.
But what they damn sure DIDN’T do was assist Hillary either.
Brennan is was and will always be an islamist communist enemy of America. But this was a DNC/Hillary/FBI/CIA operation through and through. The only foreign hand was the five eyes nations who all conspired to direct the outcome of the 2016 election.
To believe the narrative you have to think the Russians were helping Trump, but also they were giving Hillary the pee pee dossier. That’s an odd way to help Trump you say? Never fear, our heroes explain to us that by helping Trump with a few Facebook ads, AND also giving out their secret intel of Trump with urinating whores, the Russians were helping and attacking both sides! Why? Again you ask. Why, to sow discord and distrust in our system.
This Byzantine explanation is a farce on it’s very face. The simple answer is that it was our intel agencies who created and launched a regime change operation here at home, complete with supporting propaganda.
The only funny part is when they seriously intone that the FISA affidavits must remain secret lest they give away “sources and methods”. LOL, sources and methods of an internal coup attempt.
I agree with you. I do not think Russia was involved in this, other than to be amused by the twists and turns of the whole story.
And you make the mistake of thinking the two are mutually exclusive.