It may be giving Trump or Giuliani too much credit to think that they intentionally provoked a smokescreen to divert attention the conspiracy. Bannon, on the other hand, is a cagey fellow. On a positive note, the DOJ has charged 11 insurrectionists, including the leader of the Oathkeepers with "seditious conspiracy." That's serious and the first time sedition has been applied to any of the organizers or participants. It's a shit show, for sure.