The way the Washington Post quickly jumped on Cozy Bear as a culprit, in connection with the SolarWinds narrative, undermines Russiagate. The evidence-free fingering of the GRU makes the CrowdStrike story inside the Mueller Report less credible. Two pigs in the same blanket.
Likewise the Navalny shennanigans vis-a-vis novichok, have further undermined the Skripal story (Salisbury).
The doubling down, on both fronts (hacking and chemical attacks) is backfiring. The facade is crumbling.