C11-2 Russian Hackers and Treason

As many people know there has been the conclusion that Russian hackers did interfere with the election but what we don't know is what they did and to what extent they changed the elections. According to this NY times article two hackers in Russia were arrested for providing info to the United States government. Those arrests could be used as a scapegoat in order to prevent a large search and conflict within the Russian government and prevent the Russian government from appearing to have traitors inside. Another possibility is Russia using those hackers to hold above the United States, as releasing exactly what the hackers did could cause issues in the States with the election results and current president.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/27/world/europe/russia-hacking-us-election.html