They did it, period. They wanted Trump, and did what they could to get him elected:

Russia 'intervened to promote Trump' - US intelligence

US intelligence agencies believe Russia acted covertly to boost Donald Trump in the election race, US officials have told leading newspapers.
A report in the New York Times says the agencies had "high confidence" about Russian involvement in hacking.

A CIA assessment reported by the Washington Post made similar findings.

But Mr Trump's team dismissed the CIA line, saying: "These are the same people that said Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction."
Russian officials have repeatedly denied the hacking accusations.

All they reportedly did was to make those E=Mails public.

So is this the final excuse for losing the election?

"Did what they could...." ????? How specific.

Secret CIA assessment says Russia was trying to help Trump win White House

The CIA has concluded in a secret assessment that Russia intervened in the 2016 election to help Donald Trump win the presidency, rather than just to undermine confidence in the U.S. electoral system, according to officials briefed on the matter.

Intelligence agencies have identified individuals with connections to the Russian government who provided WikiLeaks with thousands of hacked emails from the Democratic National Committee and others, including Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman, according to U.S. officials. Those officials described the individuals as actors known to the intelligence community and part of a wider Russian operation to boost Trump and hurt Clinton’s chances.

Oh, that's bad.....

Originally Posted by Broken Wings

Oh, that's bad.....

It gets worse:

Russia Hacked Republican Committee but Kept Data, U.S. Concludes

"They based that conclusion, in part, on another finding — which they say was also reached with high confidence — that the Russians hacked the Republican National Committee’s computer systems in addition to their attacks on Democratic organizations, but did not release whatever information they gleaned from the Republican networks.

"In the months before the election, it was largely documents from Democratic Party systems that were leaked to the public. Intelligence agencies have concluded that the Russians gave the Democrats’ documents to WikiLeaks."

All the emails did was confirm what everyone suspected about Hillary.

In that case...Thanks Russia!!!

The CIA concluded that Russia worked to elect Trump. Republicans now face an impossible choice.

"The report highlights and exacerbates the increasingly fraught situation in which congressional Republicans find themselves with regard to Russia and Trump. By acknowledging and digging into the increasing evidence that Russia helped — or at least attempted to help — tip the scales in Trump’s favor, they risk raising questions about whether Trump would have won without Russian intervention.

"Trump, after all, won by a margin of about 80,000 votes cast across three states, winning each of the decisive states by less than one percentage point. So even a slight influence could have plausibly made the difference, though we'll never be able to prove it one way or another."

Trump is President (elect). Hillary lost. If thinking "it was those Ruskies!" makes you feel better about your loss, then go with it.

The truth came out=good

He "doesn't believe" it:

Trump, Russia and the U.S. Election

President-elect Donald Trump again discounted the possibility that Russia was behind the hacking of U.S. political organizations, including the Democratic National Committee’s servers, despite evidence to the contrary.

All 16 government intelligence agencies and at least three private security firms have independently investigated the security breaches and concluded that the Russian government — in the words of the U.S. Intelligence Community — “directed” the hacking “to interfere with the US election process.”

Trump made his statement during a Nov. 28 interview with Time magazine, which named the president-elect its “Person of the Year.” In the interview, which the magazine posted to its website on Dec. 7, Trump said of Russia, “I don’t believe they interfered.” Russia has denied any involvement.

Putin deserves a cabinet post. Minister of Interferior. Gotta love him! Go
Trump!!!

Does that mean all the stuff in the leaked emails is true ?

Originally Posted by Depronicus

The CIA concluded that Russia worked to elect Trump. Republicans now face an impossible choice.

"The report highlights and exacerbates the increasingly fraught situation in which congressional Republicans find themselves with regard to Russia and Trump. By acknowledging and digging into the increasing evidence that Russia helped — or at least attempted to help — tip the scales in Trump’s favor, they risk raising questions about whether Trump would have won without Russian intervention.

"Trump, after all, won by a margin of about 80,000 votes cast across three states, winning each of the decisive states by less than one percentage point. So even a slight influence could have plausibly made the difference, though we'll never be able to prove it one way or another."

Your candidate lost, accept it and move on. Hillary lost because of generally poor Dem turnout by previous Obama supporters. and abandonment by poor working Dems from the Rustbelt after Hillary abandoned them first.