Mostly because they got away with it when it came to Russiagate, and the fact that they were never held to account for the lies and half-truths (and many people

Mostly because they got away with it when it came to Russiagate, and the fact that they were never held to account for the lies and half-truths (and many people still pushing them), precedent has been set that they can cudgel the public with that thing. The whole "17 agencies" story being a great case in point. The 17 became 3, and the 3 became ~two dozen hand-picked analysts. None of that stops people like Schiff from continuing to spout the "17 agencies" line though. https://consortiumnews.com/2017/05/23/new-cracks-in-russia-gate-assessment/ https://consortiumnews.com/2017/05/23/new-cracks-in-russia-g... Like Ray McGovern says, the biggest four letter word in DC is "accountability".