this is a bit different than The Memo, which first percolated up from the conspiracy theory outlets and then made it into the bloodstream of legacy conservative media. but there's a similar back-and-forth
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It's just terrible opsec, using the same source to approach 3 people who can compare notes and in doing so conclude that he had ulterior motives. And frankly, those targets absolutely have the right to do so (and to speak to press about it).
Also, as we trace how these fever narratives spread, it's worth trying to catalog which corners (WH, Bannon, Nunes, others) fan the flames, to extent that's possible.
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certainly. the goal of the piece was much more to trace the fanning of the flames; with the information we have, we can't really say to what extent Nunes et al were involved in the sourcing of the original piece.
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No. It's a critically important question, legally. But I respect Ross' reporting sufficiently to believe the story may have come via legit sources.
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right, at some point "a source familiar with the investigations" was involved, but it's not clear when. we tried to make that clear; hope we succeeded
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@benjaminwittes himself has written, that descriptive is more often than not a defense attorney. And particularly given Toensing's known "legal" tactics, I'd suggest defense attorney should remain default assumption. -
Particularly given that she's got one client who demonstrably can be charged w/1001, at a minimum, and another, Clovis, in unknown amounts of jeopardy, plus visibility on a third.
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sure. whoever it was, they knew enough to say that the "name popped up on investigators’ radar." but as you say, there are a range of possibilities here, some more likely than others.
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The Ross story is particularly interesting given the different legal status/representation of all 3: Papa, real lawyers, still awaiting sentencing Page, no lawyers, struggling Clovis, batshit lawyer, exposed to unknown extent
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