Its a joke - but in fact, its EXACTLY how the Steele Dossier worked.
It was leaked to a few sources, who started a whispering campaign, which then fed newspaper articles, and then more whispering.
Then the FBI, who organized the whole thing at the start, then went to FISA Courts and said “whoa - this is serious! we need to investigate this!”
I remember Paul Ryan, RINO scumbag leading the GOP and Congress at the time, engaging in this process, and talking about how all these “rumors” needed to be investigated by DOJ/FBI
Democrats call it the Wrap-Up Smear "Tactic."
https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4785397/user-clip-pelosi-explains-the-wrap-smear