(CNN)Here's a look at hacking incidents during the 2016 presidential campaign and Russian meddling in the election. For details about investigations into hacking and efforts to interfere with the election, see 2016 Presidential Election Investigation Fast Facts.
Timeline:
September 2015 - The FBI contacts the Democratic National Committee's help desk, cautioning the IT department that at least one computer has been compromised by Russian hackers. A technician scans the system and does not find anything suspicious.
November 2015 - The FBI reaches out to the DNC again, warning them that one of their computers is transmitting information back to Russia. DNC management later says that IT technicians failed to pass along the message that the system had been breached.
March 19, 2016 - Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta receives a phishing email masked as an alert from Google that another user had tried to access his account. It contains a link to a page where Podesta can change his password. He shares the email with a staffer from the campaign's help desk. The staffer replies with a typo - instead of typing "This is an illegitimate email," the staffer types "This is a legitimate email." Podesta follows the instructions and types a new password, allowing hackers to access his emails.
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So, in fact, the mysterious professor may or may not have had contact with Ruskie. The mysterious professor could have been easily working for the FBI trying to derive any connection. Otherwise we have this contradiction, Russia is trying to sell DNC information from the first hack while setting up a second hack at the same web site, unlikely.
Mueller withheld exculpatory evidence, evidence that indicated there may have been no attempt by Ruskie to trade the e mails. I think Putin just gave them up to Assange for the simple reason of being dragged into the collusion scandal. Thus, like I say, Mueller would rather withhold exculpatory evidence than reveal FBI blundering in the case.
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