Thu Apr 28, 2022, 08:04 AM

phylny (7,921 posts)

Do we know who provided the McCarthy tapes to the NYT?

I’ve been away for a few days. Is the popular assumption that it was Liz Cheney or was it someone else?

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Do we know who provided the McCarthy tapes to the NYT? (Original post)	phylny	Apr 2022	OP
Speculation is that it was disgruntled Congressional staff.	Ocelot II	Apr 2022	#1
That would make sense	PatSeg	Apr 2022	#2
yes it would	agingdem	Apr 2022	#3
Yes, that is how I picture it	PatSeg	Apr 2022	#11
I think it may have been McCarthy?	kentuck	Apr 2022	#4
Some are speculating it was Elise Stefanik	cally	Apr 2022	#5
I have heard that as well.	SKKY	Apr 2022	#9
My money is on	malaise	Apr 2022	#6
It was someone more scared of keeping it quiet than of releasing it publicly	bucolic_frolic	Apr 2022	#7
Who else would have been in the room with McCarthy, Scalise, and Cheney?	kentuck	Apr 2022	#8
Lots of suspects. He is surrounded by backstabbing weasels.	Midnight Writer	Apr 2022	#10
Liz Cheney was on the call, but it likely wasn't her directly.	maxsolomon	Apr 2022	#12
It was probably a staffer.	GoCubsGo	Apr 2022	#13
Thanks, everyone! n/t	phylny	Apr 2022	#14
They are already over this, calling it small potatoes	IcyPeas	Apr 2022	#15
I heard that it definitely wasn't the J6 committee.	Novara	Apr 2022	#16

Response to phylny (Original post)

Thu Apr 28, 2022, 08:06 AM

Ocelot II (105,664 posts)

1. Speculation is that it was disgruntled Congressional staff.

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Thu Apr 28, 2022, 08:14 AM

PatSeg (44,554 posts)

2. That would make sense

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Thu Apr 28, 2022, 08:29 AM

agingdem (6,238 posts)

3. yes it would

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on January 6, while the capital was under siege, capital staffers were barricaded in their offices, terrified, reaching out to loved ones, certain they were about to die...and now these same staffers are more than willing to spill to the J6 committee...committee spokespeople have said as much...

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Thu Apr 28, 2022, 09:49 AM

PatSeg (44,554 posts)

11. Yes, that is how I picture it

They had a terrifying, life-threatening experience and they have to watch their senator or congressman/woman doing what is politically advantageous so they can get elected again. I think for many employees that would be the final straw.

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Thu Apr 28, 2022, 08:32 AM

kentuck (108,529 posts)

4. I think it may have been McCarthy?

In an attempt to neutralize the more damaging information that is to come out later.

It is possible that this was put out by Republican leaders, in my opinion.

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Thu Apr 28, 2022, 08:45 AM

cally (21,451 posts)

5. Some are speculating it was Elise Stefanik

as a bid for speakership

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Thu Apr 28, 2022, 09:07 AM

SKKY (10,969 posts)

9. I have heard that as well.

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Thu Apr 28, 2022, 08:55 AM

malaise (252,771 posts)

6. My money is on

The big Dick- aka the war criminal 😀

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Thu Apr 28, 2022, 08:56 AM

bucolic_frolic (35,339 posts)

7. It was someone more scared of keeping it quiet than of releasing it publicly

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Thu Apr 28, 2022, 09:02 AM

kentuck (108,529 posts)

8. Who else would have been in the room with McCarthy, Scalise, and Cheney?

It was not the entire caucus, right?

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Thu Apr 28, 2022, 09:17 AM

Midnight Writer (18,313 posts)

10. Lots of suspects. He is surrounded by backstabbing weasels.

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Thu Apr 28, 2022, 10:31 AM

maxsolomon (29,540 posts)

12. Liz Cheney was on the call, but it likely wasn't her directly.

Her staffer maybe.

Doesn't really matter.

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Response to maxsolomon (Reply #12)

Thu Apr 28, 2022, 10:35 AM

GoCubsGo (30,753 posts)

13. It was probably a staffer.

Not necessarily one of Cheney's, however. From what I have been hearing and reading a whole lot of Congressional staffers from a whole lot of GOPer Congresspeople were present on that day, and were traumatized by it. Many of them are pissed off, in general, as well as by the way their bosses are running away from all of it.

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Thu Apr 28, 2022, 10:40 AM

phylny (7,921 posts)