How the Democrats Blew the Biggest Political Scandal in US History

When the Democrats were clobbered in the 2016 election, they were handed both a political gift and a grave responsibility. That presidential campaign had included the most significant scandal in the history of the United States. A foreign adversary had covertly interfered to boost the chances of the underdog candidate who won—and that candidate had encouraged this attack; his campaign had secretly signaled to the adversary that it did not mind the intervention; and the candidate and his top aides had repeatedly denied in public that the assault was real,...