The reason may actually be that Russia always wanted to be caught. They never thought Trump would win–the prize they were aiming for was general distrust of the

The reason may actually be that Russia always wanted to be caught. They never thought Trump would win–the prize they were aiming for was general distrust of the election's integrity. It's very similar to Russia's choice to poison Litvienko with Polonium–an unnatural radioactive element that can easily be traced back to the reactor where it originated. And, similarly, the very recent chemical weapons attack in the UK, using a nerve agent only ever produced by Russia.