Mensch: first Trump-related arrest POSSIBLE tomorrow. May 11.

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21. This is a new world.

Here is a set of tweets by an anonymous, self-described journalist who explains how someone like Claude Taylor (former Director of Volunteers, overseeing 3000 volunteers for the Clinton administration) could be someone to take seriously.

And to all the below I would add: Claude Taylor is not posting anonymously. He is willing to put his name on his tweets and to stake his reputation on them. So that's worth something.

https://twitter.com/aliasvaughn


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2) I've been a journalist in mainstream media for SEVENTEEN years now. IN NO WAY MSM journalists are better sourced than former WH aides.




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4) Being a DC journalist absolutely doesn't mean a. HAVING FBI access or b. being called by sources just bc you're MSM. NOT how it works.



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5) Being a DC journalist for MSM also DOESN'T mean having IC source access. AT ALL. Most MSM journos do NOT have the TRUST of IC ppl.




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8) More importantly, ‪@TrueFactsStated as WH aide had a chance to form connections a journalist can only DREAM of, unless V. good with ppl.




Ale‏ ‪@aliasvaughn 10) A former WH aide like ‪@TrueFactsStated builds sources having 2 things journos don't have a. political capital, and b. PERSONAL TRUST.



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16) IC or FBI sources are MUCH more likely to speak to someone they've built a relationship with through time that they trust.



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18) When WaPo or NYT or CNN get scoop, it's bc IC people are LOOKING FOR maximum exposure.


Ale‏ ‪@aliasvaughn 19) Instead ‪@TrueFactsStated or ‪@20committee get facts bc of the trust & access they have to IC/FBI. Their knowledge is direct & constant.