What is your basis that Rick Wilson got “Catfished”?
Rick Wilson is a political operative.
The most plausible story I have seen is that someone on 4Chan fed a laughably ludicrous hoax rumor to Wilson as payback for some dismissive comments Wilson made about that website. Wilson claims that an unnamed ex-MI-6 agent (allegedly Christopher Steel) gave him the rumors as part of some opposition research Steele was doing for anti-Trump Republicans and Democrats. But Steele has not come forward to confirm or deny Wilson’s claim.