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No. There is no proof that 'the Russians' had anything to do with it. There is not even proof that the data was exfiltrated at all.

https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2020/05/13/...

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That piece is the equivalent of finding video surveillance of the accused inside a place that was physically burgled, showing them bagging up the actual items that were stolen and heading toward a room with an exit, not being able to recover video from the camera that's supposed to cover the exit, and saying “well, there's no video of them carrying the goods out, so there's no evidence that they actually stole them.”

That's a fantastic analogy that adds nothing meaningful to the discussion whatsoever.

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