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It's more than that. Advertising is legal as long as it's not libel.

Hacking into machines that store voter data isn't legal.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-13/russian-b...




But it is helpful for voter targeting, especially when you pass that information onto republicans who offer to buy it. Also helpful is targeting swing state databases and deleting the voter registrations of people who you think would vote against your candidate.




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