Well, if he’s the prime suspect, he should be hauled before Gen. Kelly, with an FBI investigator there, and asked some questions. If he denies, he goes straight to lie detector. If it’s him, they’ll know pretty quick.
Nick Ayers is the guy who, as I recall, was behind some big campaigns in MO and had a lot of issues with handling things legally. He was a Cruz guy, if I remember correctly, got him into analytics.
I think it’s a real person but with a bullshit story of “keeping Trump in line”. More likely a NeverTrump mole who planned this ahead of time with the Times.
Definitely not Pence or Conway themselves but someone under them would be my guess. They’re of the Cruz/Shapiro Trump hating branch