2016 Postmortem

I don't like the fact that Putin inserted himself in the election. The fact that Moscow celebrated Trump's victory (while I drank too much tequila) repels me. But the situation that is unexplored as yet is Trump's culpability. He surrounds himself with people having dubious ties to Russia (e.g., Manafort). He professes out sized admiration for Putin. He asks Russian hackers to help him by uncovering Hillary's emails. None of that is illegal, I know. But it makes me wonder at the coincidences of all that occurring while Putin, according to Friday's report, was trying to help Trump in numerous ways (e.g., revealing campaign emails, paying hackers). It seems as though he had some knowledge that mischief was afoot. If he or one of his advisers did have knowledge that Russia was interfering on his behalf, that is a crime, right?

I'm wondering if we should forget about the legislative branch taking action. (We should.) Might this be a criminal issue? If the IC has any evidence of Trump's knowledge of this, wouldn't action be in the hands of the judiciary? That's a real question. If memory serves, Nixon faced arrest which is what caused him to resign and for Ford to pardon him.