TPM EDITOR'S BLOG. What's Up With Trump Jr's Lawyers Statement?

[DonViejo]

By JOSH MARSHALL Published DECEMBER 8, 2017 11:14 AM

We’re currently looking into various aspects of this encryption key email to Donald Trump Jr. which I discussed below. Here’s one part we’re looking into that I wanted to flag. Trump Jr.’s lawyer Alan Futerfas released a statement in which he said this: “We understand that the media reported 12 hours prior to this email that the DNC emails had been hacked or leaked. We do not know who Mike Erickson is. We have no idea who he is. We never responded to the email.”

This appears to be an attempt to suggest that everyone was talking about the hack at the time so it makes sense that a prankster might have sent an email. And a prank email means nothing.

But whatever the interpretation, there’s a big problem with this statement: it’s not true. We’ve looked to see what if anything might have been reported in the news on September 3rd or 4th. But the news that the DNC had been hacked was in June. The release of the actual hacked DNC emails was at the end of September. So neither of those things were reported in the hours just before this email was received. Maybe there’s some news Futerfas is referring to that I’m not aware of. But on its face, this looks a lot like a panicked response that is actually nonsense.

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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/whats-up-with-trump-jrs-lawyers-statement

[spanone]

1. i guess when your life is built on lies, you find a lawyer that is sympathetic

[rzemanfl]

2. What's up with lawyers these days?

Allred did not get a complete story from her client. Drumpf's lawyer says he incriminated his client with an email. The Divine Right of Kings reappears. Very glad I am not in that line of work anymore.

[Wellstone ruled]

3. All about Money,Power and Position.

Before the end of today,someone will out this Mike person or who what and the where. Just like the Facebook dump yesterday on Jr.