I'm pretty sure this is just a smoke screen, in the form of a fake limited hangout, to obscure the FBI's all-too-real Gestapo assault on anything and anyone resisting the Establishment Agenda.

At least for me, the fact that it's published by The Intercept confirms it. But if anyone wants something more solid, here's what you're NOT going to get from this controversy: anyone going to prison, anyone paying a fine, anyone getting fired, anyone having to go with their manager to have a formal talk with the HR lady, etc, etc. That's because it's fake, and only enemies get punished for fake things.