I wonder what the actual number of views that video got before the story broke. Guessing fewer than 1,000. It was the blame shift that made it popular and spawned the copycats.
Probably just the moviemaker himself refreshing the page.
There was post claiming less than 10 views before the white hut came up with it as an excuse. How many of those views were on computers at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue or foggy bottom is unknown.