It’s more propaganda along the lines of Putin is sick and dying and so on.
That’s how our intelligence agencies choose to deal with enemies nowadays all out disinformation campaigns.
The US establishment never liked Falun Gong. They got in the way of China cheerleading. They have been studiously ignored for a decade.
However, their people have created an information network since leaving China. The Epoch Times is a notably conservative and Pro-Trump news source.
This current swirl is not in the MSM yet, in spite of being ongoing for over a week.