https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twinkie_defense
This statement below perpetuates the assertion that the leak of John Podesta's emails was perpetrated by Russian (government) hackers.
In the scheme of things, when Trump pulls the Seth Rich Card (did you see what I did there), there will be more than one house of cards to come crashing down.
Excerpt from written statement of Yoel Roth, PhD / Former Head of Trust & Safety Twitter, Inc., submitted in advance of his testimony before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee to be held at 10:00 AM EST, 08 February 2023.
"Which brings us to Hunter Biden’s laptop and the New York Post. In 2020, the Trust & Safety team noticed activity related to the laptop popping up on Twitter, and that activity, at first glance, bore a lot of similarities to the 2016 Russian hack and leak operation. Twitter had to decide what to do. The only information we had to go on to make this decision was what had been publicly reported. And in that moment, with limited information, Twitter made a mistake: Under the Distribution of Hacked Material Policy14, the company decided to require the New York Post to delete several Tweets linking to stories about the laptop, and prevent links to those stories from being shared across the service. This policy was not meant to be a tool to censor news: It was written to prohibit hacking groups from using Twitter to launder stolen documents — the same activity the Russian government had engaged in in 2016. And in this instance, the company’s initial assessment was that the activity bore enough similarities to the 2016 hack and leak that it warranted enforcement."
https://docs.house.gov/meetings/GO/GO00/20230208/115286/HHRG-118-GO00-Wstate-RothY-20230208.pdf
You can watch the Committee on Oversight and Accountability Hearing at 10:00 AM EST on Wednesday, 08 February 2023 at the link below (note: sometimes the hearings start a little late, give it time if it does not start right away.