Brennan, Clapper, Comey, Obama and Hillary were probably all in. They saw their cause was tanking. Needed a boost.
Those on your list and many more are deep state puppets strung along by their masters, the globalist oligarchy, who see America as an obstacle to their global rule. They own the media which does as commanded, to further any lie, any meme the oligarchy command of them.
yes...it’s state run terror (SRT)