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Didn't he have a cushy job with the RNC? Why would he give that up?
The Repug primaries were very contentious. Soon after Trump wond the nomination - things got very cozy between the RNC and Trump.
The RNC then took Trump - the nominee of the Repug Party - into their confidence and the RNC and the Trump team began to work together. They shared a common goal and they shared the inside workings of both organizations in order to secure the presidency.
I'm sure that Trump learned all the Repug dirty tricks with respect to voter suppression, disi-nfranchising people from voting and how to win an election by using these dirty tricks. At the same time the Trump people shared their inside info with the RNC with respect to their Russian connections.
I have to believe that Priebus was hired into the Trump organization to meld the two groups together to beat Hillary and the Dems.
Priebus knows too much about this whole thing. He got the Repugs involved in this mess and they are in it up to their necks.
This is also why I think that the Repugs always circle the wagons and protect Trump. They know that he can take them down - if they try to take him down. This is what I believe he is holding over their heads.
They are lying for Trump to save their jobs and their Party. Cause if the real truths were revealed - the Repug Party would be dead.
Therefore - it makes perfect sense to me - as I've heard some people here on DU say - that Priebus was probably the eight person in Jr's meeting.
Shell_Seas
(3,332 posts)CNN is reporting clues about the 8th person without saying who they are. Including that they are fluent in Russian.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/18/politics/eighth-man-trump-tower-meeting-russia/index.html
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)But who is to say there is not # 9? or #10.
Priebus WAS seen at Trump Tower just before the meeting.
If he attended, he ties the whole Republican Party to this growing crime.
tblue37
(65,336 posts)many, many US real estate shell companies in order to launder dirty Russian oligarch/mob cash.