What this shows, and maybe this is why Mueller backed away, is the old boy network in America will do anything necessary to maintain power and influence. The seats of power in Washington and even the supreme Court are infected with these backroom deals. No wonder the mob thrives.I think the confidential informant theories are overblown. Some of those connections aren't really related, just a big circle of players in a relatively small field. There aren't THAT many former FBI directors, and there aren't that many major Russian mobsters.
The FBI is under Chris Wray, it's not a superpower.
Two Americas.
Three if you include the treatment of black people.