From the article:
Senior federal officials told…
Insiders said…
Law enforcement sources also reportedly confirmed…
Trump said Barr must appoint someone….
This is the way to read these type of articles. Nobody specific has said anything except the president and Ratcliff, in this article. Ratcliff not know if this is a Russian thing, nor does the president know anything. This could just as easily be some repair shop guy looking for fame and a pay day. It likely cannot go anywhere as it came from a repair shop, you know, IT guys that could monkey with anything they want before they pass it on. Not only is there no chain of custody, there was ease and time with which to fabricate anything.
This is Nixon style of politics, but electronic instead of breaking in. The president likely has nothing to do with this, and I will not buy the whole collusion thing either.