You're right. The original article linked from Drudge is a January 12, 2017 article posted on the Uk's Daily Mail site. This same January article has been posted at least three times today despite the hiccups FR has been having.
Yes. And Rush has talked about this multiple times. This fake dossier that Mcain got was totally discredited multiple times. But it is also what Comey has used to start the whole Trump- Russia BS. The entire collusion story is crap from the beginning. With Mcain being largely responsible for getting it started.