Thread by @TimInHonolulu

1. Why release this now?

Russia’s Rusal to invest $200 million in Kentucky aluminum plant on.mktw.net/2IkNXf8

2. When Trump is out of office in 2021 any of these criminal deals will be cancelled. Trump and McConnell may not realize that, but Putin and Deripaska do. Possible that this deal has been intercepted and may even be in Mueller report. It’s predictable to see disclosure of

3. things to be exposed by Mueller. The story can be deflected by a prior disclosure. Barr kept the Congress pinned down while the Russian got the board set. But McConnell so obviously compromised is fascinating.

There’s one thing keeping Trump in power. The Senate GOP.

4. Now McConnell appears obviously compromised. And the Russians appear to have exposed him. Why? Russians are not stupid. They know they will enter a period of conflict just shy of war for what they did with Trump. The Steele Dossier even disclosed that Peskov was

5. “scared sh*tless” the blame for the Trump op would fall on him. Deripaska with all his Manafort baggage decides to just admit a big campaign contribution for McConnell? Of course they would have to prove McConnell knew and even likely participated. But how?

6. #702FISA that’s how. And a clever Russia would know when it’s time to cut a deal and avoid pushing Russia into the Second Cold War. But this time lacking a conventional force advantage.

7. I’m not ready to give this theory a percentage. But I’m definitely going to watch how Comrade Mitch McConnell deals with this news. Wonder where he went for recess? I hear Argentina is nice? 😎