The DNC never allowed the FBI to look at the server, so for all we know, this was just part of the current debunked narrative.
Obviously it was not necessary to do so in order to understand who was behind it.
Read the very detailed indictments.
I agree. Also, the right-wing bullshit about the "DNC server" is just that - bullshit.
Donald Trump's 'missing' server comments get all of the details wrong
During former FBI director James Comey’s testimony to the House Intelligence Committee, Comey was asked whether the FBI had ever received the DNC’s hacked hardware.
He said they did not, but obtained access from a review of the system performed by CrowdStrike, a third-party cybersecurity firm.
"We got the forensics from the pros that they hired which -- again, best practice is always to get access to the machines themselves, but this, my folks tell me, was an appropriate substitute," Comey said.
DNC spokeswoman Adrienne Watson told PolitiFact that the DNC cooperated with the FBI’s requests, which resulted in the DNC providing a copy of their server.
Trump said, "The servers of the Pakistani gentleman that worked on the DNC" are "missing."
The DNC servers were never missing. The DNC provided the FBI with a copy of their server, rather than the original hardware, but Comey testified that the evidence was an appropriate substitute.
Awan, the "Pakistani gentleman" in the news, never worked for the DNC. Conservative news outlets suggested he had stolen a House Democratic server, but the U.S. Attorney’s Office found no evidence of such theft.
We rate this statement False.
The missing servers Donald Trump brought up with Putin