Putin had a specific reason for getting involved in the election, it was not simply to cause some sort of random undermining of American democracy.
Could this be the explanation?
Following up on the ideas expressed in that article….
Obama imposed additional sanctions on Russia in December.
Trump, via Flynn, wanted to assure Putin that any deal in the works between Russia and Exxon-Trump was still in effect and not to worry that these sanctions would in any way shut that deal down.
An immediate assurance was necessary in order to quickly mollify Putin and prevent him from revealing whatever damning information he has on Trump. Hence the need for Flynn to act quickly and wait until Trump was inaugurated in January. Flynn must have had a specific reason for not waiting.
Speculation, of course…but we all need to concentrate on finding out exactly why Putin got involved in our election. Nebulous ideas like simply sowing discord in our country don’t cut it.