They started setting Trump up as soon as the primaries were over.

The FISA request to spy on Trump was originally filed in June 2016. The Wikileaks of the DNC hacked emails were released July 22, 2016. The entire “Russia hacked the DNC” story was created to justify DNC spying on Trump before the election.

Look at the timeline:

May 26, Trump reaches enough delegates to unofficially win Republican Presidential nomination.

June 2016, FISA request rejected against Trump.

July 22, 2016 Wikileaks releases the emails against the DNC.

August 2016, DNC claims the emails are Russian propaganda and some are fake with the goal of harming Hillary Clinton’s Presidency.

The media runs with this story, this creates suspicion against Trump to suggest that Russia is trying to influence the election.

October a month before the election, another FISA request is accepted. This time because of “probable cause” no evidence actually needing to be required.

This allows the current federal government to spy on a Presidential candidate a month before the election, one who is a part of the opposing political party ( while Obama himself is actively campaigning with Hillary and the DOJ is working to help Hillary pass her investigation with no issues ).

The plan the Democrats had for the election was to rig it for Hillary by using dirty tactics by the Mainstream Media to destroy Bernie’s chance and to make Trump look bad, and also to potentially spy on him to find negative stories to run in the month lead up to the election. They were probably hoping to leak audio clips of Trump having private conversations saying politically incorrect things, like how they had the hot mic tape of him saying “grab her by the pussy” and used that to find 15+ random women to claim that he sexually assaulted them a few weeks before the election.

A more comprehensive timeline put together by a user a Reddit:

Isn’t it amazing how quickly the Mainstream Media ran and accepted the Russian narrative? Almost like they were fed orders for it and didn’t care how no connection to Russia existed.

Previously:

Loretta Lynch’s Final Order Allows The NSA To Give Spying Data To Other Federal Agencies

Hillary Set Up The ‘Russian Hack’ Excuse During The Debates

In 2013 Obama Legalized The Use Of Propaganda On The US Public