I think it was Comey denying to Congress that he authorized Mccabe to leak info. McCabe leaked info on Clinton's investigation, and it seemed that was OK to do, but he had a conflict with his wife - it helped McCabe to leak. (I don't see this as a big deal to me.) I remember reading an article about McCazbe leaking to two reporters, and it seemed a common thing to do. Comey and McCabe contradict each other on whether Comey authorized the leak. Comey said he didn't.

In ant case, the Steel Doddier was just normal opp research which included a bunch of rumors.

Here's MBFC on the Federalist:

Overall, we rate The Federalist Questionable and far-Right Biased based on story selection and editorial positions that always favor the right and promotion of propaganda, conspiracy theories, and numerous failed fact checks.

I glanced through Dope's article, but don't take it seriously because of the source. I practice NOT READING junk, because I don't want to be contaminated. :) I've seen what it does to Dope, Jedi, and LM, and while I like them, I want to keep my faculties sharp and not dulled by bunk.