So then - who leaked the JOKE

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among ReTHUG House leaders (to the WP)?- Seriously?

Where is Malcolm Nance when I need him?

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029326422

http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/05/republicans-say-secret-talk-about-putin-paying-trump-was-just-a-joke

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1. Someone in the leadership not mentioned in the story.

Here's the member list of Republican House leadership for the 114th Congress, post Boehner and Schook:

Majority Leader: Kevin McCarthy
Majority Whip: Steve Scalise
Majority Chief Deputy Whip: Patrick McHenry
Senior Deputy Whips: Kristi Noem, Dennis Ross, Steve Stivers,
Ann Wagner
Conference Chair: Cathy McMorris Rodgers
Conference Vice-Chair: Lynn Jenkins
Conference Secretary: Virginia Foxx
Campaign Committee Chairman: Greg Walden
Policy Committee Chairman: Luke Messer
Campaign Committee Deputy Chairman: Lynn Westmoreland

One of the names kinda stands out.

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2. Ex-CIA Evan McMullin still prime suspect- Congress was supposedly investigating as security threat

http://thehill.com/homenews/house/335340-house-gop-leaders-launch-review-into-leak

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3. Why are they investigating a joke?