This anon hasn't heard this observation posed.

Maybe someone has and I just haven't heard it.

The [FBI] offering Christopher Steele $1 MILLION to; quote, "Corroborate" the [Dossier] sounds like a [Plausible Deniability]BRIBE

(fictitious FBI quote)

[FBI]: "Hey Christopher, here's $1 MILLION if can you "corroborate" (Fabricate) some evidence FOR US So if we get caught [We] can just blame (you) for making stuff up and lying to [us]. Cuz hey, that's what [we] do > Frame people who help [us].