Top Republicans knew Russia was trying to interfere in our elections with these types of shenanigans and they chose to keep that secret from the American people.  That should be the focus here.  Our nation is and was under attack, we are at war, it's a new type of war, but a war it is, and one of our two political parties is trying to keep that information from the American people if not actually aide and abet in the destruction of our civil society.