On CNN this morning, the host Smerconish made an interesting theory.
He went through the series of e-mails that were addressed to "Donald Trump Jr." with an incendiary subject including the words "Russia - Clinton meeting". Then, another e-mail was disclosed showing that e-mail, with the same subject, was forwarded to Kushner and Mannafort. Then, no more e-mails. He finds it too "clean".
It is a little odd that someone would write a subject line so obvious in such a casual manner. If they did have something explosive and wanted a meeting, why not phone? It is also odd that after the meeting, there were no more follow ups. No thank you to the guy who set it up, no response to say how it went, just silence. No e-mails from Mannafort or Kushner asking questions or even saying they would attend (at least none that I've seen).
It could be that there are more e-mails coming or that they decided to only talk in person but his theory is that this is a set up by the Russians. Could it be that they had compromising information on Trump or Trump Jr., and disclosed these e-mails to the NYTimes. Are they threatening to disclose more?
I tend to believe they decided to avoid using e-mails because of the paper trail but I never thought of it that way.
He went through the series of e-mails that were addressed to "Donald Trump Jr." with an incendiary subject including the words "Russia - Clinton meeting". Then, another e-mail was disclosed showing that e-mail, with the same subject, was forwarded to Kushner and Mannafort. Then, no more e-mails. He finds it too "clean".
It is a little odd that someone would write a subject line so obvious in such a casual manner. If they did have something explosive and wanted a meeting, why not phone? It is also odd that after the meeting, there were no more follow ups. No thank you to the guy who set it up, no response to say how it went, just silence. No e-mails from Mannafort or Kushner asking questions or even saying they would attend (at least none that I've seen).
It could be that there are more e-mails coming or that they decided to only talk in person but his theory is that this is a set up by the Russians. Could it be that they had compromising information on Trump or Trump Jr., and disclosed these e-mails to the NYTimes. Are they threatening to disclose more?
I tend to believe they decided to avoid using e-mails because of the paper trail but I never thought of it that way.