People who discount "conspiracy theories" need to refine their rhetoric at least to the extent of not looking like rubes themselves denying that intelligent people ever do anything for any reason.
I don't buy your obvious, to me, denials that Obama used his office, through corrupt intel officers willing to aid and abet his political objectives.
First of all, there was nothing wrong with Flynn's contacts with Russian officials as a known member of Trump's intended team. People talk to one another. You are calling that a conspiracy, you are hawking a conspiracy theory that those contacts compromised American national interests. What did he say? Nothing has been shown to date that amounts to that.
I believe he deliberately denied doing anything he considered wrong because he took the questions as none of anybody's business. International politics always has that element of denial until it becomes purposeful to disclose something of significance. Unless the talk begins to be productive it's just getting acquainted and exploring possibilities.
I don't think Trump had any improper help or contacts from any Russians, and there is still no proven collusion. Your thesis that there was would amount, at this point in public information, to something of a conspiracy theory.
What would it take to prove collusion on the part of private citizen or his assistants/team to do something illegal in an American election? Would Obama's determined effort to affect Israel's recent elections be illegal on the same criteria? Assuming Israel has laws equivalent to our own?
I know private citizens with ties to foreign nations often "collude" or perhaps cooperate for political purposes across national lines. Sometimes it's US citizens with family or political ties to foreign nations with their own concerns for their interests. Generally they don't wiretap poltical candidates and intercept private messages. On the other hand, I'm sure government intel personnel from virtually every nation possessing such agents, will do whatever they can in that line, and try to use the intel effectively. That's the whole reason Hillary illegally doing State business on a private server is and should be illegal and should be punished legally. The DNC is a private entity, a private organization. They should take care of their own business better, or should not be trusted with the levers of government business......
The DNC leaks at this point appear, to my information, to be deliberate on the part of disaffected personnel pissed at how Bernie got shafted. I don't doubt the Russians might have tried to hack the DNC, but I've seen no proof. And then no proof that the Russians then provided media or the Trump campaign with the goods, as of now, that we actually know of. It's all suspicion, and still in the "conspiracy theory" stage of development.
Likewise, I don't have proof of what Obama did in my own possession, but here is a Pres who could reasonably believe did lean on the IRS to suppress Republican political groups, more likely than not. Pretty sure the IRS chief didn't just decide to do that with no nod from the Chief, and damn sure the Chief through his Justice Dept. did not aggressively litigatge her offenses.
If you continue to insist Obama and Hillary have no damning acts to cover up, you're worse than a nutjob, you are a partisan willing to blindly deny obvious possibilities. At least, in the common parlance, nutjobs don't usually have the functional intelligence to do much harm to our country, because ordinarily responsible folks just won't pay any attention. On the other hand, highly intelligent apologists for criminals with political agendas can and do, because they can invent effective but disingenuous denials or diversions.
Anyway, I recognize the limits of what I know, but I don't buy your denials or insults.
