In regards to the Palpatines Revenge comms
AEWP = Adam Entous
The tape in discussion is between Paul Ryan and Kevin McCarthy first reported on by none other than Adam Entous in May 17th, 2017 (same days as the comms)
Sauce
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/house-majority-leader-to-colleagues-in-2016-i-think-putin-pays-trump/2017/05/17/515f6f8a-3aff-11e7-8854-21f359183e8c_story.html
Replied to quick without much thought, sorry was distracted cooking.
But yes, my thoughts also went to how this tape was obtained. First instinct was thoughts about Pence CoS