[maine-iac7]

This has teeth - because Messina was dumb enough to put it in an email (they've done business this way for so long - they got callous)- they can spin it anyway they want - this is as good as the Nixen tape.

The AP had this - it's going viral.

Not a good time for more negatives for the “WON” -

Rats are racing for the rails

[MozarkDawg]

they can spin it anyway they want - this is as good as the Nixen tape.

Well, the deal with those tapes, they caught Nixon himself making admissions. However, this email would be considered contemporary documentation, same kind of credibility that reporter's notes receive ... very good, high.

I think the WH will try to get out by saying, "See? He says he wasn't promised a job, we're innocent!" Unfortunately, the same kind of precision to the language of the law in question prevails, the promise isn't necessary in order to commit the felony, the offer alone is sufficient.