[dead]

Am I reading that they planted evidence, including a “Russian” phone.

I don't think that's the implication. I don't think the phone existed, they just falsified the records of the "hotline to Putin" imaginary phone.

[Col Frank Slade]

User created data means fake data intentionally presented to commit fraud and frame Trump as a Russian agent.

[BiteYourSelf]

Exactly.

[AAABEST]

Okay thanks for that.

So the “phone” was completely fabricated out of vapor as opposed to being physically planted.

Not sure which is worse, but they’re beyond simply “lying to the FBI.”