Not sure if the Iranian REGIME is understanding American politics enough to gain leverage but I see a potential disagreement with the notion that it doesn’t hurt Trump.
I agree it won’t hurt him directly.
But it can hurt him indirectly because some of the grifters are Republicans.
I’ve heard some of the GOP Senate are compromised with corruption and also with sex entrapments. But Trump can shield those entrapped by making the case transparently that they were entrapped and therefore he can free them. He has made the statement in 2017-2018 “you no longer have to worry, I have freed you.”
But those GOP members that have been doing the Biden-Kerry-Pelosi dance with massive foreign aid kickbacks including the Iran Deal, how can Trump save them?
It is said that the Iranian REGIME got only 66 billion from the 150 Billion in cash. The rest of the money likely went into pockets of connected crooks both American and European. They fear an accounting.
The Iran REGIME’s threat to expose them is likely made with the goal of getting them to turn on Trump.