We knew Russia was "meddling" in the election long before the vote was taken.
The Obama administration was aware of it.
"Meddling" does make colluding & the CIA determined no votes were changed in the Presidential election.
Are you sure you understand counselor?
The irony......
Obama White House Knew of Russian Election Hacking, but Delayed Telling
By EMMARIE HUETTEMANJUNE 21, 2017
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration feared that acknowledging Russian meddling in the 2016 election would reveal too much about intelligence gathering and be interpreted as “taking sides” in the race, the former secretary of homeland security said Wednesday.
“One of the candidates, as you recall, was predicting that the election was going to be ‘rigged’ in some way,” said Jeh Johnson, the former secretary, referring to President Trump’s unsubstantiated accusation before Election Day. “We were concerned that by making the statement we might, in and of itself, be challenging the integrity of the election process itself.”
entire article:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/21/us/politics/jeh-johnson-testimony-russian-election-hacking.html