Meaning, they expected tat any Russian involvement would benefit HILLARY, not Trump.
Assuming for the sale of argument there was Russian interference (to accept that premise, you have to have faith that the government is telling the truth), the only reasons for the government to NOT go public, and to NOT apprise election managers (all being state-run operations), yes - either the outcome of the interference was desired by the government, or the interference was inconsequential - not worth raising a fuss over. Seeing the degree of fuss now, the only conclusion is that the government WELCOMED the interference, because it would swing the election in the preferred direction.
After the fact/election lip service to the sacred integrity of the election process is baloney, because if the election process was sacred, the government would have piped up and alerted the people about specifics.
Well actually the news pundits pushed Russia very early on in the campaign because all along they intended to use it if Hillary lost. So they got the narrative going early on and could drop it like a hot potato if she won....she didn’t. Also the campaign had already taken hits via obstructing and derailing Bernie’s run via the DNC itself.....Hillary said if she went down she’d take everyone with her.....the Clintons have all the dope on everyone so the agenda was to make certain it was never Hillary’s fault for loosing....that the narrative for her loss would be Russia and Trump coalition.
Whatever it takes to keep the investigations from Hillary and the MSM and others who had indeed directly attempted to make her President...and or keep all investigations away from them....which continues to this day.