The objective was to ‘dirty up’ the Campaign officials and use it as an “Insurance Policy” (as Strzok mentioned an insurance policy against Trump)
Someone like Strzok was probably the “handler” who orchestrated the meetings between Halper and others, including what was discussed, to perfectly plant the information here and there among Trump staff in an effort to paint the picture that multiple staffers knew about Russian influence in the election.
This was a typical agent provocateur situation where the evidence was planted as an “insurance policy” should Trump win.
Obama, Brennan, Clapper and Comey underestimated how strongly Trump would fight back and that he would not let them walk all over him like past Republicans.
Many people should go to prison. Many. This is total subversion of representative government ‘by the people for the people’. It’s treason, and needs to be dealt with as such.