Whoa. GOP operative invoked Bannon and Conway - not just Flynn - as he sought hacked emails

[kpete]

GOP Activist Who Sought Clinton Emails Cited Trump Campaign Officials
Peter W. Smith listed Bannon, Conway and Clovis, besides Flynn, in a recruiting document; his purpose isn’t clear and there’s no indication he asked for or received any coordination with them


Mr. Smith’s purpose in listing the officials isn’t clear. There is no indication in the document that he sought or received any coordination from the campaign officials or the campaign in general.

Mr. Smith died in mid-May at age 81, about 10 days after he spoke to the Journal. He said he operated independently of the Trump campaign.

Officials identified in the document include Steve Bannon, now chief strategist for President Donald Trump; Kellyanne Conway, former campaign manager and now White House counselor; Sam Clovis, a policy adviser to the Trump campaign and now a senior adviser at the Agriculture Department; and retired Lt. Gen. Mike Flynn, who was a campaign adviser and briefly was national security adviser in the Trump administration.


https://www.wsj.com/articles/gop-activist-who-sought-clinton-emails-cited-trump-campaign-officials-1498872923

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[regnaD kciN]

1. Too bad he isn't alive to testify on live TV...

I wonder what would have happened in Watergate had John Dean conveniently passed on before being able to testify?

[jberryhill]

2. John Dean wasn't 81 years old

The suggestion that there is anything odd about an 81 year old person dying is, itself, kind of odd.

[SummerSnow]

3. They are Boris and Natasha