I think the working theory is that Edmund is a mole and has helped orchestrate the outing of Foley and the release of a LOT of misinformation/disinformation about it.
My post was partly tongue-in-cheek. If there were nothing more to this than meets the eye, it would not be clear at all why Edmund needs a defense attorney. That fact that he's got one leads me to think there is more to this than meets the eye.
I'm popping my popcorn, this is going to be good.
F E D E R A L* E L E C T I O N* T A M P E R I N G!
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That's what I'm thinking. Edmund is a political operative. Many gay people grow up having to live double lives and having to create false personas and lie with a straight face in order to protect their true nature. This is not their fault. But these traits would work for a mole or agent/provocateur. Then again, Edmund may not be gay at all and may have been working a scam on Foley.