(1). Putin did NOT direct his intelligence community to work toward a Donald Trump win in the 2016 election. Remember? Trump had NO CHANCE even up until the day before the election.
(2). Many people within the Russian intelligence infrastructure (and in the American Conservative community) HATED Hillary Rodman Clinton.
(3). The American intelligence community is convinced that "the Russians" were behind the hacking of Podesta's emails, BUT, as the world now knows, his password was "PASSWORD," so it's not like it took a genius to figure it out.
Why are the MSM and the American Left unable to recognize that some Russian operatives may have fucked with the DNC and HRC, but that does not necessarily mean that Putin directed them to help Trump win? And when Trump says he believes Putin's denial, that does NOT mean that he discounts the conclusions of the CIA, et al?
WHY are the American Left and the MSM unable to recognize this?
One group is not intelligent enough to rise to the correct conclusion.
The other group is fully owned and supports the anti-American narrative.