Who is served by a release like this? Hillary. They might put this kind of story out there as bait to see if they can get the Trump campaign to bite. Then point to them as crazies. Long-standing part of the Clinton modus operendi.
“Then point to them as crazies.”
You mean, after Podesta’s emails about “spirit cooking” and spending an hour with a “pizza”? (Podesta being Hillary’s favorite person in the whole world.)