I agree that it goes beyond Trump and would mostly damage Clinton. I disagree that they didn't try to influence the election his way. We know there are a ton of phony news sites coming out of Russia, many of which just wanting to make a dime, but also apparently influencing.
It would actually be normal for Russia, or any other major nation, to influence our election in their favor. I suspect Russia, China, Saudi Arabia, and many others had their hands in, either directly or indirectly, every single major candidate.
Trump wasn't distancing himself from Russia until near the end when it was used as an issue. Up until this campaign, he and his sons were even bragging about how much money they had coming in from Russia. One of Trump's primary business partners was Bayrock Group which was founded by Tevfik Arif who used to be the USSR's Minister of Commerce and Trade.
Long story short, the denials of having 'zero interests or connections with Russia' is BS. It is too extreme of a denial considering the facts of his history. Or, as the old saying goes: Me thinks he doth protest too much.
And these connections would be no big deal if he didn't make such a big deal about denying them. They would be normal connections but his loud denials raise a lot of suspicion he is hiding something bigger- that or he is just a dumbass.
My point is that this action removed the issue from a political or public relations one to a legal one. Doing business with Russians is not a violation of U.S. Law. Also, there is no law requiring a private citizen seeking a political office to disclose any financial relationship nor prohibiting a candidate from having friends or associates who have business or other entanglements with Russia. Refusing to disclose or even hiding business dealing from the electorate is also not a crime. Although there may be things that could have cost him the election, they didn't and if they are not defined crimes, they are not an issue for the justice system.
Like it or not, the election is over and Mr. Trump won. Not saying he is but he could be the greatest bore in the world and could anger everyone in Washington or, as you say, be a dumbass, but the justice system only has jurisdiction over defined violations of law. If he expects to accomplish anything, it would probably be wise to tone it down, but if he doesn't, that is not a crime either.
The thing that sets this special counsel apart from all others is that they were in administrations deep in their second term while Mr. Trump has only been in office for four months and had absolutely no power or official position during the election and for two months thereafter. He was not in charge of granting security clearances or background checks for appointees or enforcement of election laws.
