I doubt it would surprise anyone at this point if this whole "whistleblower" affair turned out to be yet another turnkey "build-a-scandal" operation from the same Democrat operatives within the DNC, Fusion GPS, the Perkins-Coie law firm and sadly, our intelligence services.
The template is just too obvious: create a narrative built around an actual event by selective reporting of information, embellished by 2nd hand interpretations and then "corroborated" by leaks to the news media.