[Cboldt]

The Democrats on the HPSCI put out the Facebook ads that are implicated in the accusation that the Russians had an effect on the vote, but not on the outcome. That collection (10 gigabytes worth) is a joke. All in English though.

https://democrats-intelligence.house.gov/facebook-ads/
https://democrats-intelligence.house.gov/facebook-ads/social-media-advertisements.htm

The indictment was, as defendant Concord points out, more like a press release making a mountain out of a molehill, and most of THAT was irrelevant to the actual crimes charged.

It's all about the optics and fooling the public. These people are despicable.

[elcid1970]

The question which IMO needs to be asked constantly is,

Why in the world would the Russians prefer Trump over Hillary?

With Hillary they would have gotten an easily manipulable pompous airhead who hates American exceptionalism & places symbolism over substance.

With Trump they are forced to deal with an experienced & tough minded executive who puts America first, regards Russia with suspicion, and has already racked up foreign policy achievements.

So....we are to believe that the Russians skewed the American electoral process to insure a Trump victory? Please....