I gotta say, your claim of talking to cozy bear to take down DC does not strike me as a competent hacker to have done especially all this shit was pulled in 2016. Not only that but you missed the reference to frazzledrip.
Calls em as I sees em.
8bit gave away BO then classically decided he didn't like the direction it was headed and like a disgruntled ex-owner ran a campaign some bunker iirc, eventually he changed his mind, but yeah. It's the case that people get worn down being in leadership positions and would like nothing better than not be in that role anymore.
WRT FJ it could be fuckery, who the eff knows. If it were, then it would have been masterfully controlled opposition, but I don't think so.