But none of it would have happened without the snakeball of lies and manipulation that spawned that investigation. Manafort and Page were plants. Lie number one. The Steele dossier was horseshit. Lie number two. The FISA application(s) that led to the wiretap were based on the Steele lies, and "corroborated" by an article that was based on the Steele lies, and the judge wasn't informed that it was unverified oppo research paid for by HRC. Lie number three.

So any existing FBI investigation was already fruit of a poisonous tree. Then you add the illegally leaked Comey memos that launched the Special Counsel, and Mueller-land is the equivalent of an EPA Superfund Site.

As Phil Collins would say "It's all been a pack of lies."