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 Originally Posted by MadMojoMonkey
I still don't see any Russian motive to involve anyone on Trump's staff in the election rigging.
Given they were willing and able to affect the election, their choice of who to back was obvious. Given their choice, I don't see any benefit of communicating that to anyone involved.
The only benefit they could gain is if they needed information from Trump's staff in order to rig the elections, but what does Trump's staff have to do with voting? They know campaigning, not the actual collection and tallying of votes. If the Russians needed this information, they didn't need it from Trump's team.
Anyone see any motive in the Russians to involve Trump's staff?
With hindsight, yes it is clear they preferred Trump. But at the time when the influencing was going on, they didn't need to tell anyone who they wanted to win. They could approach the Trump team and say 'Hey, we can help you win, but it will cost us a lot of rubles. So how about something in return, like...public praise for Putin, bashing NATO, denigrating the election process, etc. etc.'
Obviously they're going to do what they can to get the most out of their investment. So, by telling the Trump team they're willing to help them, it obligates the latter to do something for them, something they might not have otherwise been willing to do.
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