In the event a hack of the RNC had occurred, Trump campaign would seek to separate itself from RNC

[dajoki]

Justice Department releases more than 600 pages of notes from witnesses during Mueller investigation
https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/02/politics/mueller-investigation-memos/index.html

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The 33-page document is heavily redacted -- and none of the reasons for redaction indicate the protection of national security matters or intelligence. The largest chunks of the document are blocked out because of the administration's deliberative process or attorneys' privilege.

In January, the Justice Department had told CNN it wasn't releasing this Kushner memo at that time because "a member of the intelligence community" had to ensure it was properly redacted.

The executive branch's delay to turn over the Kushner document has become emblematic of the slow roll-out of records to the public from the Mueller investigation. CNN and BuzzFeed have claimed in court that the administration's redactions are far more than what's necessary -- often apparently keeping information from the public about already well-known episodes investigated by Mueller that reflected badly upon Trump.

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"Gates believed [Giuliani] got the 'go ahead' from Trump himself to talk about the DNC emails," Mueller's team noted from one of their interviews with Gates.

Following the hacking in 2016, "a two-tier strategy was developed. In the event a hack of the RNC had in fact occurred, the Trump campaign would seek to separate itself from the RNC ... In the event the RNC had not been leaked, Gates stated the campaign would start 'ramping up' to get various surrogates talking about the DNC emails," according to the Gates interview memo.

Mueller wrote in his report, based on what Gates told him, that the Trump campaign planned "a press strategy, a communications campaign, and messaging" as they expected WikiLeaks to release damage information about the Clinton campaign from the hack.

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[abqtommy]

1. As I remember here in the mist of my aged brain, sPUTIN hacked the RNC in 2016 at the same

time that the DNC was hacked. It'd sure be a shame/NOT if that information was ever released. And
some people wonder what sPUTIN has hanging over the reTHUGS to force their cooperation with him.

It's interesting to me that the reTHUG strategy was formed to deal with the fallout of any particular hack and not the underlying criminality of the whole process. But that's just how the reTHUGS roll...