2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Hillary's Email Scandal for Non-Techy People [View all]IdaBriggs
(10,559 posts)Blumenthal somehow got copies of reports that were word-for-word direct from super secret sources. He did NOT have authorization or clearance to have it. He sent it to Hillary, and instead of activating the NSA/CIA/FBI about a leak, she responded with "keep them coming" (which is a whole other angle on the "Obama said don't involve him" because she should have been worried about HOW he was getting the classified information/breach in security).
Guccifer posted the emails, but used a pink background and (no joking) "Comic Sans" as a font, so people naturally assumed he was spoofing/ignored it. Eventually someone figured out it was real (coincidentally about the time they discovered the "secret" server) and he fought a battle against being extradited but lost.
It is presumed he is going to be testifying about "chain of custody" of the emails, and providing copies of the stuff he didn't post. We own him for 18 months, then he goes back home to finish facing charges of hacking there.
It's a fascinating story - he should be the star of a movie before it's over.
Does that help?