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1/ I remember being confused, disappointed and p.o.'d when the Republicans hired Crowdstrike in 2017/2018. Seemed, stupid. But what I didn't realize at the time, and what with 20/20 hindsight is kind scary, is .... https://www.fec.gov/data/disbursements/?data_type=processed&committee_id=C00075820&recipient_name=crowdstrike&two_year_transaction_period=2018
2/ ... that the NRCC was hacked by a foreign entity, and that in addition to Crowdstrike ... "The NRCC brought on the prominent Washington law firm Covington & Burling as well as Mercury Public Affairs to oversee the response to the hack." https://www.politico.com/story/2018/12/04/exclusive-emails-of-top-nrcc-officials-stolen-in-major-2018-hack-1043309
Yeah, that Mercury Public Affairs ... http://www.opensecrets.org/fara/registrants/D000071638?cycle=2018
Yeah, that Covington & Burling. https://justthenews.com/accountability/russia-and-ukraine-scandals/surprise-discovery-flynns-former-lawyers-find-6800
BTW, if you look at the FEC report in the first tweet in this thread, and compare it to the Politico article in the second tweet, you'll see that the NRCC hired Crowdstrike BEFORE it "suffered a major hack." Kinda like what happened to the DNC two years earlier ...
