It’s got all the signs of a desperate attempt at fabrication.
The establishment is terrified to have an actual swamp drainer in the Senate.
They sure are making a John McCain like show of believing this nonsense as if to convenience other people that it is true.
They want to lose the seat, as they know it’s far too late to put anyone else or prove these allocations are anything more than the result of a fishing expedition for someone willing to make a unprovable claim.