Considering that the goal of the resistance is to resist, nothing they do that impedes Trump is wasted. DEMS successfully parlayed a hoax into two years of obstruction and resistance. That's a pretty impressive track record for a lie.
Risen's logic also produces a conclusion that Bernie Sanders colluded with the Russians. People around Sanders could contact Wikileaks without facing accusations that they were working with the Russians.
These people are dishonest and stupid.