I doubt his power to elect a US president, and any rational mind would. The absurdity of that is beyond the pale, and yet some minds actually must believe it. But IMO, it only shows how hyper partisanship takes away the ability to think rationally and critically. And given the total lack of evidence that putin was able to beat hillary, my position has a much stronger foundation, instead of your foundation of shifting sands. But, being a rational, critical intellect, all that it would take to change my position is the evidence. And after over a year, there still isn't any. I should have entered into a scientific field instead of business. Although being rational and critical allowed me and my employees to build a successful business and to retire early in order to enjoy by grand kids and spent time with family. If I had taken the mindset of you guys into that business, I would be in the poor house now. A failed business. From being irrational, and too easily influenced by propaganda. Yet this same mind would have served me in science as well. So I have to say, face it, trump owes putin nothing, for this has been nothing but a politically driven ruse from day one. That is what a total lack of evidence is supposed to yield, but your crowd could not care less. There are gonna be so many mea culpas here, from your team, but only if that team has the character to admit it. And I just doubt that. From what I have observed on this forum since I joined. Hell, we still have right wingers believing obama was born in kenya! I see your team is very much alike that crowd. But this is what hyper partisanship and hatred will always yield. And not like that fact cannot be observed, for it can be, and is, by a few of us here.
There's no question that Putin enacted as very extensive operation to hurt Clinton and help Trump. We learn more information every day about how extensive that operation was (and it's still going on to aid Trump and cause division). And then there's the fact that Trump actually won in a VERY unlikely result. SO unlikely that even HE wasn't prepared for it. And it looks very likely that Putin was behind Brexit as well. There seems to be a pattern here
Oh and here is the DOssier https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3259984-Trump-Intelligence-Allegations.html 35 pages. The "pee tapes" takes up two paragraphs on one page... Oh and that event supposedly happened in a Hotel that the FSB routinely bugged...
For a more serious reply: the unverified dossier was presented as evidence for the FISA warrant to spy on Trump long before Mueller was in the picture.
"Some" of it was used as supporting evidence...AFTER independent verification by the FBI...to apply for a FISA warrant on Carter Page. That would mean any FOREIGN contacts he made. Is Trump a FOREIGN contact? Was Page even in contact at ALL with Trump after October 6 when the FISA warrant was issued?
If course that is a lie. The Dossier was presented and footnoted that it was a politically motivated document. The FISA was to place surveillance on CARTER PAGE NOT DONALD TRUMP. You really need to improve on your lying. Call Donald. He is an expert.