Does anyone know why Trump Jr released the e-mail chain????? nt

[LAS14]

[VermontKevin]

1. Because he's the type of privileged person who thinks he can talk hiw way out of anything.

[unblock]

3. more accurately, that daddy's money can bail him out of anything.

[True Dough]

2. Not certain, but the likely reason...

He's daft!

[Hokie]

4. Because he knew they were going to be published anyway by the NY Times

The NY Times called him for comment and he Tweeted them out.

[Heron5]

8. Yes.

From The NY Times: On Tuesday morning, after being told that The Times was about to publish the content of emails setting up a meeting with a Kremlin-connected lawyer, Donald J. Trump Jr. posted the email chain on Twitter, along with a comment.

[herding cats]

16. This is the reason, but it doesn't make it any less stupid.

Which is why people are struggling to grasp what could have been the logic he used to come to his decision.

He validated the NYT as real news, chopped off the RW bloggers claim the NYT was using fake emails which had been altered in some way, and incriminated himself, Kushner, Goldstone and Manafort in one swift move.

You can't blame people for shaking their heads and wondering what the hell could he have possibly been thinking.

[TeamPooka]

28. he's a chip off the old blockhead

[brer cat]

29. My sister and I were just saying

we couldn't grasp what he was doing...or trying to do. My sister was wondering if trump told jr. to fall on his sword to save everyone else and then trump would pardon him. Whatever the reason, it is crazy.

[Xolodno]

31. Saving his ass.

He knows daddy is going down and is going to bring their empire down with it like Madoff did.

Letting the NY Times publish and they decry it as fake, when obviously someone has gotten into stuff they thought was kept under wraps makes him look like part of the cover up. His lawyer probably told him if they can get that, then they can get more and your ass is grass.

So to make himself look like a "good guy" and possibly salvage some of the company for himself and own family, and who knows, cut a deal with prosecutors. He wasn't in the campaign "bigly" and is a small fish compared to everyone else.

That or dear old dad has to give him a pardon near the end.

[The Wielding Truth]

26. Yes.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. Likely because he's stupid.

They don't call him Fredo for nothing. But I have a theory that he's at least subconsciously trying to sabotage his old man and his brother-in-law, married to the child Daddy loves the most.

[spiderpig]

12. Simultaneous post, but I'm leaving it!

[spiderpig]

6. Doesn't Daddy-o's silence speak volumes?

They don't call him Fredo for nothing.

[unblock]

7. he doesn't think he did anything wrong. his emails show loyalty to donnie, so what's the problem?

[emulatorloo]

9. Because 1) NYT has them 2) he wanted to spin it as a 'nothingburger'

He attached a statement to his tweet that tries to spin it and explain it all away.

If I can find a link to the statement I"ll post a link. It is an attachment to his tweet so I may not be able to figure out how.

Link to tweet

click on the image he's tweeted and his statement will come up. It is Page one of three

[WhiskeyGrinder]

10. He thought he could get ahead of the story, or his emails could deflect from an even larger story.

Basic crisis PR.

[Foamfollower]

11. Because every living Trump was raised to believe the law does not appy to them.

[MineralMan]

13. Because he is as stupid as a bag of sand.

That's why.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

14. Because maybe he released the email chain to prove that there was no wrongdoing in the whole affair!

And maybe so he could hoist the media on their own petard!

I mean, DUH! SO OBVIOUS!

[Leith]

27. I Was Thinking the Same Thing

He did it because (try not to laugh) he thinks it exonerates him (okay, you can laugh now).

[leftstreet]

30. It's possible he really is that stupid

Combine arrogance with stupidity, you could easily get a Trump Jr. believing he's just exonerated himself.

[grantcart]

15. His legal liability may be very small while Manafort and Jared's are huge

As he never obtained a government position he never made any statements under oath about meetings that he had.

The revelations are going to be tremendously damaging for Kushner and Manafort.

I am guessing that he is sending a message: "This is what you get when you minimize me".

It is old fashioned Shakespearean intrigue and payback in a family that is rotten at the core.

[LAS14]

17. Interesting angle!

Is it clear in the e-mail chain that Kushner and Manafort would attend? I didn't see that, but haven't seen it all.

[Atman]

18. Because they're fake, produced by the Russians, and...

...once they can prove they're fake, they'll use them to further undermine the evil Mainstream Media as being "Fake News." American trust in the media will erode even further, and will embolden the Trumpsky Crime Family to do even more to use the United States Government as their own personal bank account/profit center.

Of course, I could be wrong.

[bettyellen]

33. The poor NYT reporter said they were working in this for a year! A year and he friggen

Scoops them by asking to give him a little more time to comment! Instead he tweeted. Fools for trusting him by waiting. It just makes DT Jr look like he had less to hide.

[mcar]

19. NYT was about to release them

He wanted to get ahead of it.

[djg21]

20. It was going to be published by The NY Times.

So the treacherous leech made a strategic decision to get out ahead of the Times and try to spin the story and soften the blow preemptively.

[jpljr77]

21. Because the NYT was about to publish it. He then assumed that if he acted first...

... the right wing noise machine would shield him from immediate humiliation. But that hasn't happened because it's very, very, VERY hard to articulate a defense for all of this. Don't believe me? Go check out right wing sites right now. They've got nothing.

But don't worry, Hannity will ride to the rescue! Donald Trump, Jr. will allegedly be on tonight and I'm sure with all the time they have between now and then, the forces of Fox News and the Trump "administration" will be able to come up with something. I can't wait to read about it!

[Mike Nelson]

22. He thought they...

...would look better coming from him, with his explanation. If I were one of his lawyers, I would say release nothing and issue approved statements only. He likely has an "above the law" attitude about this, which runs in his family.

[Squinch]

23. Three dimensional patricide?

[Demsrule86]

24. The New York Times had the emails and was about to release them.

[SDJay]

25. His Attorney

must be wondering WTF he's done taking on this clod as a client.

I'm also wondering if there are worse things out there about Fredo that we don't know about yet.

This still boggles my mind as one of the most moronic things I've seen in quite some time. With regards to this administration, that basically means yesterday.

[Not Ruth]

32. Stupid as a box of rocks

The common sense that God gave a turnip

Either or both