What in the hell is going on where the FBI thought it was OK to get away with this?
That place needs a whole flush
Two words: Praetorian Guard.
Things really took a turn for the worse when Robert Mueller began purging the FBI of old school, experienced and ethical FBI agents and began replacing them with younger, ideological agents who were more than willing to unquestionably follow his orders and act as political enforcers and America’s version of the East German Stasi
They didn't think it was okay. They just did it anyway. Now they have to lie and stonewall to keep it from coming out.
Just remember this: If they can conspire to frame the President, they can conspire to frame anyone. As this comes through the wash I would expect defense attorneys challenging the FBI's integrity and trustworthiness and citing these events as evidence of lawlessness and malicious intent, and seeking to have evidence tossed accordingly. If that gets any traction the FBI will have to be broken up. It should be regardless.
FBI is the lying militant arm of Congress. They do not do justice.