emptywheel

really interesting, just read. wonder if (uk) times goldstone interview has any bread crumbs on how meeting broke up

I think Goldstone was panicked about getting offed by the Russians in that, so I don't take it as anything akin to what his Mueller testimony was. But I do bet Akhmetshin (I agree you're right, it has to be him) got pulled back bc of Goldstone's testimony.

And the notion that something else got mentioned might explain why Manafort's notes reflect something on Republicans as well.

At that point it’s not clear to me they had a functional voter file. The RNC did.

I was thinking it could be a reference to emails they could use to hurt GOPers. Carrot and stick.

RNC was hacked too, right? Or at least attempt was made and their security was supposedly better? That came straight from Trumps mouth.

Yeah, that's my point. If Russians are doing carrot and stick, mentioning that they'd be willing to release Hillary's but would hold the Republican ones would exert two kinds of pressure.

I’ve assumed it’s likely the Russians got some emails showing Repubs plotting against him. And I don’t meanbullshit like the DNC hacked emails, but active coordination against Trump, along with plenty of disdain & mockery. And/or the Russians got evidence of Repub criminality