Others are thinking similar to what you posit here. No time to read the thread, but in case these aren’t already on here, here they are, you should check them out:
The Shadow Government Timeline
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3531310/posts
VANITY: Political Uses of a Weaponized Conspiracy Theory (WCT) re Trump and the Russians
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3531293/posts
Sundance and I should collaborate. I will reach out to him or her today.