"At the time the comment was made by Pappa D that the Russians might have something that they would drop that was adverse to Hillary that was during a period of rampant speculation both in the media and political circles and it relates to the fact that people thought that the Russians had probably hacked into Hillary's home-brew server as they call it, and may have had all of her emails and therefore be in a position to drop them.
So, that statement in itself had very little PROBATIVE value, and I think to leap to the conclusion that it showed knowledge of a later hack into the DNC was a pretty aggressive conclusion.
I just think that by the time the president entered office, around that time, it was becoming clear that there was no basis to these allegations; not just the Dossier falling apart, but the information that they were relying on as to Page and to pappa D. And so the whole thing was… you know… was collapsed"
Is this the first hint of public acknowledgement Russia didn't hack the DNC????