Not a "hoax" which implies some levity, but a "conspiracy" which increases the penalty for criminal offenses.
Not just "wasted countless American resources" but wasted millions of dollars that hundreds of patriots had to spend on lawyers when they were called before various FBI and House inquisitions. ... causing tremendous and undeserved stress as well, all the while reasonably discouraging good conservatives away from accepting a position with the Trump administration.
And there financial lives were ruined.