None of you probably know much, if anything, about this story. Maybe monkey does. It was big news in America but I doubt anywhere else cares.

It was maybe 2 years ago? The Houston Astros won the world series. For those in shitholecountries; The Houston Astros are a professional baseball team and the 'World Series' is the name of the league's championship match.

After some players left the team and started playing for new teams...they started talking to their new teammates. It was exposed that during the entire season, the Astros had been cheating. They had a camera in centerfield pointed right at the catcher's crotch. Catchers usually squat and hold fingers between their legs as a signal to the pitcher telling him which pitch to throw.

So the camera catches the signal, somebody relays the information to someone on the team bench. Depending on what kind of pitch was coming, he would kick a trash can, or not kick a trash can. That would signal to the batter what kind of pitch was coming.

It was proven that this happened. I don't recall the exact numbers, but the Astros' team batting average when playing at home was inconceivably better than their batting average when visiting other parks.

There was an investigation. It was proven this happened. The stats show extremely compelling evidence that it helped them win games, including the world series.

It's known and provable that it happened. Coaches and playerse were fined and/or suspended for this.

But the Astros are still champions. They still get to say they won the world series. History doesn't record an asterisk next to their entry. They won. They're champions. Period.

Yes they cheated. But you still have to run the bases, you still have to hit the ball. You still have to throw, catch, and score. Technically you can't prove that this cheating changed the outcome of the game. After all, the astros did still lose many games throughout the season where they cheated.

The exact same thing happened in the 2020 election. They cheated. It probably helped them win. And in the end it doesn't matter.

And that's because (no exaggeration), the legal standard is:
You have to prove that they cheated
You have to prove that the cheating worked.
And you have to prove that the outcome would have been different but for the cheating.

That third one is deliberately impossible to do. This has probably been true forever, but most definitely true since 2000....Courts HATE getting involved in elections.