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Listen Guys and Gals,

Anyone who doubts that the Russians hacked AND influenced the elections in 2016 has their head in the sand. I am a diehard conservative and republican. Proudly. People who know me from a couple years ago on this board, know that. I'm also a pragmatist. With that said... the only people who doubt these headlines are a fringe group of Trump supporters and Donald Trump himself.

What is most likely untrue is that Trump helped the Russians do it. Now, did the hacking and influence help Trump? Probably a little.... but its doubtful that it won Trump the election. I have spoken first hand to couple hundred people while researching this, and have yet to find anyone who was going to vote for Hillary and decided to vote for Trump instead after reading the emails or visiting with social media.

Still, a thorough counter-intelligence investigation is warranted. However, I find Mueller's probe to be problematic. For a couple of reasons.

1)The order appointing him as special counsel didn't specify a law that was broken. Was one broken? Maybe. But what is he investigating exactly?

2)If there's no law broken, Mueller is able to work until he finds a law that is broken. Lets face it, if a special counsel with no mandate or limits were appointed to investigate each and every person on this board... we'd likely all end up in jail for something we've done over the past decade or two.

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nicker: Lots of typing, lots of ifs, no evidence.