Again all of the FBI's investigations and the subsequent media leaks by the CIA and FBI point towards LCILP and Gianni Pittella as being the focus of the Crossfire Hurricane inquiry.
The Valdai connection (NYT) was working with Pittella and Mifsud.
Mueller and his authors obviously wanted those guys in the report for a reason. To cover their own back.
That is why the US DOJ are investigating them.