Sad to see the decline of the FBI.
One of the problems in creating AND MAINTAINING a conspiracy is that the larger it is and the longer it goes on, one point (person) in it will develop a weakness, and that weakness will bargain to save their own skin.
With a conspiracy of this size and the length of time involved, this is absolutely certain to happen. It may already have happened. I expect one or more of the main players here to have an unfortunate accident or commit suicide by shooting themselves in the back of the head twice by the end of the year. That may put most of the pawns in line but it will also create additional weaknesses.
I don’t think the FBI has “declined” a bit. It’s still an effective arm of deep state power, as it always was. It’s still able to engage in criminal activities while protecting its operatives from prosecution. The agency is just as proficient as ever at identifying susceptible subjects and “working” them over time into disposable assassins and terrorists to perpetuate the Strategy of Tension and the perpetual War on Terror.
McCabe, Strozk, Comey, Lon Horiuchi - all walk free. I don’t see where the FBI has lost a step, so far.