So, this is a serious spygate research post. Very out in the weeds. Only the most autistic will know.
In the FBI director Comey criminal case, new documents were submitted by the Government. Exhibit 10 showed texts from alleged leaker and conduit Daniel Richman's phone (under an alias, Michael Garcia) to reporter Michael Schmidt.
You can see the texts here. Messages are Londen time, UTC+0. https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71459121/138/10/united-states-v-comey/
Reporter Schmidt is pushing Richman to talk to Comey to leak. Take note of the phrasing "work your magic".
SCHMIDT (5/11/17):
when you reach out to [Comey] tell him you just need for him to allow you to talk. work your magic
Then, we have the big leak text from Richman. It includes the 1 on 1 meeting between Comey and Trump, and the conversation relating to Michael Flynn (The same thing as seen in the Comey memos).
RICHMAN (5/16/17):
"Comey immediately created a memorandum memorializing the conversation".
Keep in mind: Do your magic, and Comey memo.
Okay. So what? Now, here's where it gets interesting. We're going to be revisiting something incredibly old. On 5/18/17, there was a blog post, alleging the hack of a high level FBI computer through phishing. They posted a conversation from a 3rd party messaging app. The names of people in the conversation were Star-wars Alises. The so called "Dooku messages" from 5/17/2017. While these were never proven to be real, they were purportedly FBI/Intelligence related persons, and discussing Michael Flynn (MF), Rod Rosenstein (RR), and the Mueller appointment that occurred at the same time.
Archive of article. https://archive.vn/KdbdJ
There was a lot of speculation and attempts to interpret these messages at the time. It was mostly guesswork, and again, there was no way to know it wasn't just a troll.
If you've closely followed spygate, you should remember vaguely remember this stuff. But go back and slowly read the texts and article linked.
"5/17/2017 "Hey all, been watching in. Here with S in GT outpost. All go from us. Huck, will send memo to the usual place. Do your magic."
Any troll could make up some fake insider texts. But these seem to align perfectly with the Richman leaks.
The message previously cited appears to be reporter Schmidt, using the same "magic" phrase. It's also consistent with being told about a memo the day prior from Richman. The "usual place" would obviously refer to a media outlet (NYT I believe).
I mean. What are the odds of that? The timing. The words.
How on earth could someone fabricate that?
Thoughts? I have a bit more I could share, but would like to hear others first.