[DesertRhino]

Of course they knew. The plan was to run Donald out, make Cruz the nominee, then release this in early October and destroy him.

[txhurl]

And now that the election has come to a screeching halt - over - what’s there to report or blog about?

[spetznaz]

That was the plan all along, and why the GOPe has been totally comfortable supporting Cruz as their tool to force a Contested Convention. They had two reasons - (1) Cruz was the only person who could, at whatever level, compete against Trump and (2) at a Contested Convention, they could then release detailed information on the (alleged) affairs and use that to take Cruz out of the running. Consequently, they could then put a third person that is neither Trump nor Cruz.

In a nutshell, this is why the GOPe were totally comfortable supporting Cruz. They had a poison pill prepared.