Instead of Pence wearing a wire, how about his first chief of Staff who is married to a woman who was working as an analyst for Strzok? The possibility of using him as an informant has been revealed in recently exposed texts. There is nothing too low for the deep state to do.
The point is that that report is the limited modified hangout.
Pence was the guy with far more access, plus the one the GOPe/Deep State wanted taking over once Trump was out.
Having an FBI/CIA spouse in the loop is part of the way that they limit their individual liability because of immunity. But the entire transition team, that they managed to get Pence to replace Christie on, was also busily working earlier to keep Trump from actually taking office, and they were hell-bent on getting him out with Pence as his replacement if he did manage to get in.