Queensberry rules
As things stand we have the FBI and Congress examining Russian involvement in the election.
At the end of the process, one suspects Donald Trump will still be president of the United States, whether one likes it or not. So one cannot help wondering what the purpose of the exercise is.
Of course the Democrats fought the election according to the Queensberry Rules - although the Democratic National Committee was not averse to stitching up Bernie Sanders.
Sinister stuff
US elections are not exactly pleasant and if the Democrats were not pulling out all the stops to dig as much dirt as they could on Donald Trump, they were not doing their job.
But while they continue to cry foul over the Russians, Donald Trump is persisting in perpetuating the myth that he won the popular vote. He did not.
Public money is being wasted on the Pence Kobach Commission which is trying to find evidence of widespread voter fraud.
According to Donald Trump, millions of Hillary Clinton's votes were cast by illegal immigrants. But challenged to provide proof - he has provided none.
So he set up a commission under Mike Pence and Kris Kobach which has spent the past few months demanding a mountain of information on voters.
Its wishlist includes social security details and party affiliation. This is pretty sinister stuff.
This is such a nonsense that Kris Kobach - the Kansas Secretary of State - has told Kris Kobach, the co-chair of the commission that he is unable to provide some of the information.
Mercifully the states - including many under Republican control, have - to use American parlance - told the commission to "take a hike".
Delbert Hosemann, Mississippi's secretary of state, has suggested that the commission could "go jump in the Gulf".
It is hard to tell whether the Kobach commission is just the opening salvo in a campaign of voter suppression or a sop to Donald Trump's vanity.
The jostling has already begun for next year's mid-term elections. Perhaps that should be the focus of political attention, rather than refighting 2016.