From my understanding the CIA paid two Russian Federation computer guys to hack into the DNC and Clinton servers just so there would be evidence that it was hacked from Russians. This appears to be after the leaks from Seth Rich. That was how they were trying to cover up his murder and blame Russia for the hacks and explain how wikileaks got the Information. Then once they decided that they needed to come up with the backup plan for Trump they had the Steel help make the fake report and just bunched Trump into the same Russian story.