Two thoughts:
1. This was released to weaken any court action to order release of Fusion GPS complete billing records. This means there’s something worse than this in them.
2. Mueller will indict somebody this week to give the media another story to focus on.
Bonus round: the Uranium One stuff is really really incriminating and this is a distraction. Releasing this will allow the media to mix the two “Russia” stories together and put the uranium story down the memory hole.
It is far too late for Uranium One to descend into any memory hole. This is a good sideshow but is very limited in its overall impact. It’s an attempt by someone to buy time and try to cut losses. It’s a pretty poor attempt to circumvent getting the full billing records, if it is that, because now interest is heightened in the broader story. Someone is going down, and the rest of the cockroaches are throwing them to the wolves to draw their attention while they try to make a break for cover.
I agree. Think of the Fusion GPS Dossier as Monica Lewinsky. The Uranium One stuff is Paula Jones, Juanita Broaddrick, Chinagate and all the rest of what was incriminating.