And to ruin the US economy, to both destabilize the US so Russia can gain further control, and destabilize western democracies as a whole… so Russia can gain further global control.
Not convicted because it was a fed who convinced him the other guy was trying to kill him. There's entrapment along the lines of "haha let's kidnap the governor, as a prank" and then there's "he'll kill you if you don't pay me to kill him first" entrapment.
I'm personally more concerned with all the pedo shit and slavery he allowed on his platform by design.
Edit: first point probably isn't true, but it was thrown out with prejudice