A lot of the russia-gate narrative was from the Steele Dossier which was found to be a nonsense. https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/press/rep/releases/judiciary-

A lot of the russia-gate narrative was from the Steele Dossier which was found to be a nonsense. https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/press/rep/releases/judiciary-committee-releases-declassified-documents-that-substantially-undercut-steele-dossier-page-fisa-warrants https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/press/rep/releases/judiciar... IIRC parts of the dossier was compiled from Tumblr post. The "piss-gate" story has it roots in a 4chan/pol post. I can't find it now, but I've seen the original archive of 4chan users actively putting misinformation out there to troll the press.