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

[phylny]

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

[Ocelot II]

1. Speculation is that it was disgruntled Congressional staff.

[PatSeg]

2. That would make sense

[agingdem]

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...

[PatSeg]

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.

[kentuck]

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.

[cally]

5. Some are speculating it was Elise Stefanik

as a bid for speakership

[SKKY]

9. I have heard that as well.

[malaise]

6. My money is on

The big Dick- aka the war criminal 😀

[bucolic_frolic]

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

[kentuck]

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

It was not the entire caucus, right?

[Midnight Writer]

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

[maxsolomon]

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

Her staffer maybe.

Doesn't really matter.

[GoCubsGo]

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.

[phylny]

14. Thanks, everyone! n/t

[IcyPeas]

15. They are already over this, calling it small potatoes

Giving McCarthy a standing ovation yesterday.

[Novara]

16. I heard that it definitely wasn't the J6 committee.

But who would have a physical copy of the tape? I doubt everyone who was in that meeting holds their own copy.