Belief. Circumstantial evidence. Direct evidence.
Only two of these are the same.
Again,
do you have a link to Russians being jailed for the hacking? Here is your claim:
"I have posted countless links to sources over the years, which even explain how the specific Russian agents responsible for hacking the DNC were identified ... and with a confession."
"Russia hacked the damn DNC ... the agents responsible have been identified - and one has even confessed to doing it ... and is in jail"
Perhaps you mean this:
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A Russian who
claimed in 2017 that he was ordered to hack the U.S. Democratic National Committee (DNC) and steal emails linked to
Hillary Clinton has been sentenced to 14 years for cyber fraud.
Konstantin Kozlovsky, the leader of the hacking group Lurk, was ordered by a court in Yekaterinburg to spend 14 years at a "maximum security prison colony"
after the group used Trojan malware to steal more than 1.2 billion rubles ($15.6 million) between December 2015 and April 2016.
He was arrested in 2016 and charged with illegally accessing computer information, organizing a criminal association, and with cyber fraud. Others members of the group were handed sentences of between five and a half years and 13 years,
RBC reported.
According to
Interfax,
Kozlovsky's statements that he allegedly stole data from U.S. government servers using malicious software weren't confirmed during the trial.
"
During examinations, there were no facts presented that the U.S. government's network infrastructure was infected. The gang members themselves have never discussed this issue in the network correspondence available in the case file. Except for Kozlovsky, none of the members of the group confirm any computer attacks on U.S. networks or influence on the U.S. presidential election in 2016," a source told the news agency.
Russian Who Claims Hillary Clinton, DNC Email Hack Gets 14-Year Sentence
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If this is your reference, you're blatantly lying by omission or mischaracterization. Very Mueller-esque.
Refute please.