this is really confusing....I mean we know the prior administration was happy to weaponize the various gov agencies for political reasons, particularly the IRS. However, all they needed to do was have the IRS do their jobs and take down DJT for tax law violations. However, rather than take this route, they chose to risk careers, liability, and prison to pursue a Russia hoax paid for by opposition party and using foreign nationals as well as Russia disinformation to take him down. Weird.
Because...everyone knew that Hillary was going to win with a landslide. That is why they had to rely on the "insurance policy." It was a shock and forced them into desperation. No one should stand in the way of the transformation of the nation into a one-party oligarchy where the elites can suppress the deplorables. It is also why you see this fall's election being moved to easily manipulated mechanisms for voting so that the "transformation" can be completed. Then you eliminate the filibuster, admit two more states, eliminate the electoral college, and pack the federal courts making them rubber stamps for a party rather than a defender of the Constitution, especially that pesky Bill of Rights.