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In reply to the discussion: The French election proves that it wasn't Russia that elected Trump,it was the Republicans and Comey [View all]karynnj
(60,764 posts)on various topics -- and the State Department not having them to give to them. The emails on Weiner's laptop were there because Huma emailed them to him so he could print them out so she could give them to Hillary.
What the Russian hackers did was to disseminate emails they hacked from Podesta and the DNC. I read the articles and there was very little there -- if you already assumed (as I bet all of us did) that DWS, who was active in HRC 2008 favored Clinton. I would have thought the debate schedule alone would have told that. What they MAY have also done was to get the voter information at the DNC -- which they could have given to the Republicans to help with targeting.
BOTH Comey and the hackers played roles, but they can be separated.