Seriously though.
This never ending cry storm about the Russians helping Trump win the election(allegedly), has got to stop. The dude won. Its over. His first term is practically over.
This **** is getting old. Dems have to be the biggest poor sports on the planet. If this were basketball the Dems would be Chris Paul. Shut up already. You werent fouled. You are the one throwing your body around, flailing, flopping, and committing the fouls. Try winning fair and square. Trump winning is the equivalent of winning game one by throwing a dunk down in the face of the Dems with a questionable no charge call after the weaker Dem stood in the way to draw the charge.. but, but, but my feet were set. Shut up. Man up and try to play real defense. Try scoring more. Instead the Dems are complaining to the commissioner, the news, the players association, retired players, fans from different countries, and anyone else that will listen. Man up and get ready for game 2. Quit crying already. You arent over turning the call. You lost. Should have done more. That no call wasn't the only thing that decided the game.
Ok against my better judgement, I'll bite.
This is not fake news, it's not a hoax, it is not a cry storm. (Even though I'm sure thinking along those lines helps my Republican friends and family sleep better at night.) This is like a rape victim speaking out and calling for justice to stop future rapes.
From the executive summary of the report part one...
"First, the Office determined that Russia's two principal interference operations in the 2016 U.S. presidential election-the social media campaign and the hacking-and-dumping operations violated U.S. criminal law."
So there was Russian interference on the side of Trump. That interference amounted to a crime. So yes, the Dude won, with Russian help. End of story. (In my opinion it was also a counter intelligence attack by a sovereign power on our democracy, which I'm not willing to concede should be swept under the rug.)
"Second, while the investigation identified numerous links between individuals with ties to the Russian government and individuals associated with the Trump Campaign, the evidence was not sufficient to support criminal charges."
Lots of smoke, but no smoking gun, in part because.....see below.
"Third, the investigation established that several individuals affiliated with the Trump Campaign lied to the Office, and to Congress, about their interactions with Russian-affiliated individuals and related matters. Those lies materially impaired the investigation of Russian election interference. "
Trump's people lied, took the fifth, and otherwise impeded the investigation. Some of them are facing jail time because of it. The President is also suspect in obstructing justice.
The obstruction case was thrown to Congress to act on, but there is a road map of misdeeds laid out for Congress to follow if they choose to take up their constitutional role and provide oversight of the executive branch.
From the executive summary part II.
"Finally, we concluded that in the rare case in which a criminal investigation of the President's conduct is justified, inquiries to determine whether the President acted for a corrupt motive should not impermissibly chill his performance of his constitutionally assigned duties. The conclusion that
Congress may apply the obstruction laws to the President's corrupt exercise of the powers of office accords with our constitutional system of checks and balances and the principle that no person is above the law."
"Because we determined not to make a traditional prosecutorial judgment, we did not draw ultimate conclusions about the President's conduct. The evidence we obtained about the President's actions and intent presents difficult issues that would need to be resolved if we were making a traditional prosecutorial judgment.
At the same time, if we had confidence after a thorough investigation of the facts that the President clearly did not commit obstruction of justice, we would so state. Based on the facts and the applicable legal standards, we are unable to reach that judgment. Accordingly, while this report does not conclude that the President committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him."
Read the report. link provided in my sig.