Being skeptical of one's government, especially when that government has provided more than good reasons for such skepticism, is not only NOT unpatriotic, it damn well ought to be a condition of citizenship (a healthy, thoughtful skepticism, not a blinkered, partisan one). Only subjects (or worse) just accept without question the shit from their government that they're given, even if that government provides some legitimate gold nuggets along the way. And the US Government has provided ample evidence of its corruption and incompetence such that people would be well within the bounds of reason to be skeptical, even distrustful of it.
This Department of Justice has been weaponised against the government's political opponents in a way I've never seen before, and doing it so brazenly in a "Yeah? What're you gonna do about it, punk" manner. Hell, even COINTELPRO was kept secret until well after it was called off in 1971.
Relatively few things are black and white, either/or. One can cast a wary eye of one's government's actions in some things AND be open to the idea that its action in another thing has merit.
This indictment could epitomise the moral of the "Boy Who Cried Wolf" story -- for the past eight years has gone up the cries of "Wussia, Wussia, Wussia," with nothing of substance to support them (Russian hacking, Steele dossier, Russian collusion, all the hallmarks of Russian interference). If this story turns out to be true, don't be alarmed if a fair number of people express their lack of concern, saying they've heard it all before.
The problem arises when you're paid by a foreign country and don't disclose it. This is what they're being charged for.
This. The indictment has bugger all to do with whether what "information" was requested to be put out was true or not.
But remember, it is the government's sole burden to prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt. The defendants don't have to prove shit.
Oh, one last thing: Timmeh is unbelievably stupid for talking to the FBI about even the colour of an orange without a written guarantee of immunity, signed by the US Attorney over the case or his authorised deputy.