They didn't - it was the media that fed the Russian conspiracy. Again, there is ZERO evidence.
Look. This is like first dismissing anything any agency or politician has ever said about 9/11 and then saying there is ZERO evidence that Al-Queda was involved. I can't really make a rational argument against that view.
Why did Comey help Trump? Possibly because of his close ties to Rudy Giuliani? Maybe he's just an idiot - there's apparently an investigation and hopefully we'll find out more.
Okay so let me get this straight. He first signed on to the story about Russia helping Trump which is damaging for Trump. Then he decided to help Trump because of his ties to Rudy Giuliani. I don't think that makes any sense at all.
Not really ... what about the emails sent between Clinton and oooh, maybe some head of state or someone contributing to her "foundation" (which they are now still shutting down ... no influence to sell? what happened to the desire to do good now they have so much free time?)
You are right: Clinton could have had hidden communication with Saudi Arabia, Russia, China, North-Korea and ET and then hid that communication and we wouldn't know because it was hidden. As could any other US official. I can't make a rational argument against that except saying that the FBI investigated it and concluded she didn't delete any emails of importance (by the way, she did not delete emails, she instructed the people handling her emails to hand over all emails related to her job), and you can then dismiss those findings because you believe the head of FBI is in on it or is run by idiots. I can't make an argument against that view except point out I doubt you will accept that type of argument when it is made in favor of the JFK or Roswell conspiracy.
Heck, even Trump seems to accept it, and certainly all the people close to him do.
Well no, he said it may have been the Russians ... but could have been the China (or Jayna as he says it) or some guy in his parents basement in Jersey.
Well: "President-elect Donald Trump acknowledged for the first time here Wednesday that Russia was responsible for hacking the Democratic Party during last year’s election"
I will grant you Trump is fussy on the details...
It doesn't seem like they were using the most advanced techniques or the latest tools.
Well I am not a security expert like you who can evaluate what tools the GRU uses but I suggest you give that information to e.g. Rex Tillerson or someone else who I am sure will be happy to know his boss wasn't helped by Russians as he now believes.
You seem to want lack of something to equal guilt. It doesn't work that way. I don't think they have been treated equally but then they are not equal - not being hacked is not a crime, there's no reason Trump has to hand over any emails or tax returns (now that he won without doing so). But you seem to think these are equal "crimes"?
Well I be damned a moment ago I could have sworn we were talking about what might be in some emails of Clintons none of us have ever seen ;-).
I don't think not handing over tax returns is a crime, of course, but it has been the norm for all other presidents since IIRC Carter and given all the other facts surrounding his business ties to Russia and the conviction for violating anti-money laundering rules it baffles my mind you focus on HRCs hypothetical emails.
