When I read the redacted PS:LP texts a couple weeks ago, I really had a sense that they were SJW types instant messaging with each other about hater type gossip. I know we probably do not have all the texts so the context could have changed, but I think they may not have known the extent of the Clinton crimes until the Wiener laptop surfaced when the NYPD threatened to release the evidence. There was a clear change in tone. /speculation
there were many emoticons that show up as Unicode text in the transcripts. could be worth a dig.
thanks. conjecture was running a muck.