Obama White House Knew of Russian Election Hacking, but Delayed Telling

[MosheFeingold]

31. Very possibily

My wild guess (based on the counties targeted for exfiltration* being heavily Democratic) is that the Russian intended to put in a bunch of fake voters, not with the intent to create fake votes (a registration does not equal a vote), but to give Trump the ability to reasonably argue that Hillary won the election with fake voters -- provided by the Russians no less.

And showing that areas she won were filled with fake registrations would have greatly weakened her presidency and thus weakened the USA by disunity.

Remember, everyone was surprised by Trump winning, including the Russians.

(And before anyone asks, no, I don't have a shred of evidence to support this guess. I just worked my adult life in/around Congress where the Soviet Union was a real threat and did exactly this kind of crap all the time, all over the world. My theory fits the KGB Playbook, circa 1965, and I'm sticking to it.)

* "Exfiltration" is your word of the day. It means "unauthorized copying, transfer, or retrieval of data from a computer or server."