In both cases, they had taken calls before that weren't recorded, for which afterwards they might have said to themselves, "Nobody's going to believe that happened without a recording," and they suspected (rightly) that there would be another call - at which point they prepared (and also told their staff, like the investigator who record…
In both cases, they had taken calls before that weren't recorded, for which afterwards they might have said to themselves, "Nobody's going to believe that happened without a recording," and they suspected (rightly) that there would be another call - at which point they prepared (and also told their staff, like the investigator who recorded him telling her how famous she'd be for "finding the truth"). I think the two elected officials showed themselves today to be the kind of people who were disgusted by Lardo Lardass' behavior, to the point they'd be willing to document it.
That may be giving them more credit than due, but after listening to them today, I think they are that kind of people.
I wish Schiff had asked them why they had decided to record that call! Then maybe we could have testimony about those other calls and what they were like. It would have been enjoyable (for me) to have the explanation you offer above going into the record!
In both cases, they had taken calls before that weren't recorded, for which afterwards they might have said to themselves, "Nobody's going to believe that happened without a recording," and they suspected (rightly) that there would be another call - at which point they prepared (and also told their staff, like the investigator who recorded him telling her how famous she'd be for "finding the truth"). I think the two elected officials showed themselves today to be the kind of people who were disgusted by Lardo Lardass' behavior, to the point they'd be willing to document it.
That may be giving them more credit than due, but after listening to them today, I think they are that kind of people.
I wish Schiff had asked them why they had decided to record that call! Then maybe we could have testimony about those other calls and what they were like. It would have been enjoyable (for me) to have the explanation you offer above going into the record!
I missed that. Makes sense.