So who was the candidate for Congress who accepted hacked emails from Guccifer?

[octoberlib]

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The rot goes all the way through the fucking party.

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[uponit7771]

1. Rhorbacher or Nunes

[octoberlib]

2. That was my guess but I wasn't sure if either of them was running in 2016

[11cents]

8. They're in the House. They have to run every two years.

I'd add Jason Chaffetz as a suspect.

[11cents]

10. Wait -- maybe Matt Gaetz

The indictment makes a clear-cut reference to Roger Stone's involvement, without mentioning his name. Gaetz and Stone are buddies.

And Stone may be a quietly cooperating witness now. All his tough-guy shit has never really been tested.

[spanone]

3. two excellent possibilities

[berni_mccoy]

4. Nunes.

They knew he was in charge of House Intelligence committee. I suspect Trump campaign encouraged the conspirators to "reach out to him" with the stolen info.

[octoberlib]

7. Rick Wilson knows

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[vlyons]

5. Chances are slim and none that we won't hear Nunes demanding the the DOJ release his/her name

I'm betting that it's someone in the House GOP leadership.

[berni_mccoy]

6. It is clearly Nunes.

They wanted to ensure he remained in charge of the House Intelligence committee.

[MelissaB]

9. Rhymes with Vast

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[MelissaB]

12. Brian Mast, FL

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Florida Republican Who Teamed Up With Guccifer 2.0 Says Secretly Working With Russia Is NBD

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Nevins, a former aide to Florida State Sen. Ellyn Bogdanoff, confessed to the Journal that not only did he receive files stolen from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the documents, which contained Democratic voter turnout analysis, weren’t just slid under his door by some anonymous benefactor.

Nevins admits that he propositioned the hacker Guccifer 2.0 for the files privately on Twitter; “I just threw an arrow in the dark,” he said. (US intelligence chiefs say Guccifer 2.0 is an attribution front for a Russian-backed hacking group, but there are some noteworthy reasons to dispute that.) What Guccifer 2.0 sent in response was a proverbial goldmine.

“Basically if this was a war, this is the map to where all the troops are deployed,” Nevins told the hacker in one exchange. “This is probably worth millions of dollars.” The Journal did not provide screenshots of this conversation, unfortunately.

The stolen files were then posted to the website blog HelloFLA, which Nevins admits to running. They include a “vulnerabilities” assessment of Randy Perkins, a Democratic candidate who ran to fill a congressional seat vacated by incumbent Democrat Patrick Murphy, with details such as: “Randy Perkins has donated $1.6 million to Republicans” and “Perkins has been sued by contractors for non-payment. (Perkins lost the election to Brian Mast, a Republican.)

More: https://gizmodo.com/florida-republican-who-teamed-up-with-guccifer-2-0-says-1795557984

[boston bean]

13. Gaetz??

[Pacifist Patriot]

11. Look to Florida

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/05/gop-operative-russian-hacker-gave-him-2016-voter-data

I think the key here is Aaron Nevins, so Ron DeSantis, Matt Gaetz, and Brian Mast are all good candidates. But particularly Mast

https://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/politics/2017/05/26/report-brian-mast-consultant-used-hacked-data/349155001/