In an amazingly stupid move, the Democrat National Committee just started a civil action against Russia, Wikileaks, and various Republicans involved with the Trump campaign. The Dems allege that there was a conspiracy to disrupt their 2016 presidential campaign by hacking into their computer systems and all the rest of the nonsense that has been part of the supposed Trump-Russia collusion story. The case has been filed in federal court in New York.
This was something that the Democrats clearly did not think through.
1. The FBI and the special prosecutor have been looking into this mess of allegations for a year and a half and found no evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russians. I realize that the DNC wants to play to its base, but all it seems to be doing is to show that it has nothing to say other than the already discredited Trump-Russia stuff.
2. The DNC has now opened itself up to discovery. Were I the counsel for the various Republicans, I would immediately ask the court to order the DNC to grant access to its computer systems so that experts who I retained could come in and look at the system to see who actually hacked them. Remember the FBI under Obama never actually saw the DNC computer systems. They just took the word of a computer firm hired by the DNC about the hack. If the DNC refuses to give access or if it changed the computer system since the election, the court should just dismiss the case due to destruction of evidence by the Dems. On the other hand, if the Dems grant access, then for the very first time, there will be an computer expert who is not beholden to the Dems who will get to see that computer system. Just imagine if it turns out that it wasn't the Russians.
3. I truly believe that the American people are tired of hearing about this stuff. I don't think that this will move forward the Democrat narrative for the 2018 midterms. There's no way that this move will help.
This was something that the Democrats clearly did not think through.
1. The FBI and the special prosecutor have been looking into this mess of allegations for a year and a half and found no evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russians. I realize that the DNC wants to play to its base, but all it seems to be doing is to show that it has nothing to say other than the already discredited Trump-Russia stuff.
2. The DNC has now opened itself up to discovery. Were I the counsel for the various Republicans, I would immediately ask the court to order the DNC to grant access to its computer systems so that experts who I retained could come in and look at the system to see who actually hacked them. Remember the FBI under Obama never actually saw the DNC computer systems. They just took the word of a computer firm hired by the DNC about the hack. If the DNC refuses to give access or if it changed the computer system since the election, the court should just dismiss the case due to destruction of evidence by the Dems. On the other hand, if the Dems grant access, then for the very first time, there will be an computer expert who is not beholden to the Dems who will get to see that computer system. Just imagine if it turns out that it wasn't the Russians.
3. I truly believe that the American people are tired of hearing about this stuff. I don't think that this will move forward the Democrat narrative for the 2018 midterms. There's no way that this move will help.
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