So you expect "everyone" to have blind faith in what they are told?

Look... just because you are willing to believe everything you are told by certain people in authority, doesn't mean you can expect everyone to share that belief. A group of known liars (such as James Clapper) demanded that our election was "hacked" by the Russians.  They provided little actual evidence of the claim, but demanded it was a consensus belief among those who "have access to the information".

So far what we know is that certain hacking into the RNC, DNC, Clinton, and Trump websites and email systems was done through certain levels of IP addresses that our intelligence suggests are tied to Russian hackers. Most IT security experts disagreed that any inference could be made from that information, mush less that it implicates Putin or the Kremlin. Resources have determined that Russian interests spent money on social media advertising. They have not shown us that any of this makes it to the Kremlin.

There is a lot of buzz, a lot of speculation, and a lot of innuendo. Even James Comey admitted that the FBI's conclusions were based more on "deduction" than they were on evidence.

At the end of the day Vladimir Putin is denying it. Obviously he would deny it whether or not he was or wasn't involved... but the point is that without hard evidence that points directly to Putin and the Kremlin.... he is sort of allowed to deny the allegations and even mock us a little.

As President of the United States, Donald Trump does not have the sort of actual evidence that he can show the world to prove Putin wrong. Considering we need to move forward with a relationship with Russia, what can Trump be expected to do? Continue to internationally accuse him without providing tangible proof of the accusations?

But... thank god:

we have a crack pot special investigator on the job. Robert Mueller is investigating the Russian hacking and whether or not there were Americans colluding on the hacking. He is said to have a team of investigators at his disposals along with 17 of the best investigative prosecutors in the land at his disposal. Estimates that thousands of hours and millions of dollars have been spent investigating the Russian involvement.

Since Robert Mueller's job was legally defined to investigate any Russian meddling and any collusion between the Russian Government and U.S. citizens... one must assume that we have uncovered much in relation... especially considering the cost of this investigation and reports that he is "just getting started".

Certainly Robert Mueller will come back with solid evidence of high level Kremlin backed tampering in the election, so we can show the world, show Putin, and wipe that smug grin off his face? If there was Americans helping, then Robert Mueller will show us that as well.

Or will he?

We can all await his report and we will know what actual evidence there is. Either he finds tangible evidence or he doesn't. Either way we can put some closure on it. The great thing is once Mueller enlightens us with what he uncovered in his exhaustive investigation...  we will no longer have to rely on the "trust us" answers from people like James Clapper.

Won't that be nice?