If Russia is paying nobodies like Tim Fool millions of dollars, just imagine how much they are paying Republican politicians and their talking heads on Fox News, NewsMax, OAN etc.
Yeah, but in this case, they are talking heads with a significant following, and anything they say in public at this point could also come back to bite them in the keister. And given the track record of these people, more than one of them is likely to publicly put feet into mouths long before they talk to a lawyer.
I doubt any. Leaving these self serving sociopaths out there to use their megaphones to spin various self serving stories just adds to the chaos and confusion, which is the point of these operations. Have people doubt there is an objective truth, so they make up their minds in a way that reinforces their beliefs, entrenching themselves even more.