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I imagine someone within the Republican hierarchy has a large wall calendar with the Mid-Term elections multiply highlighted. Previous TeamTrump actions/lies/mis-leading statements are being measured on a damage now versus damage in the run up to the elections.
Maybe 6 months is thought to be long enough for fundamental Christian Trump voters to forget their guy paid for sex with an adult entertainment star.
mespilus-
Yes, I'm sure you're right.
I'd like to think also that he must be getting a bit hot under the collar about ending up in prison (or worse, FIRED!) at some point; a bunch of his associates' actions must be viewed as responses to corruption investigations.
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Their response seems to be 'that's between him, his wife and God, not us' anyway.
christianSpaceman
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Whilst objectionable, I don't think Giuliani is stupid - it won't have been an accidental reveal, and I'm sure he appreciates exactly the likely consequences of the admission.
Presumably there's been some calculation that admitting to it now is less painful (or stops off an avenue of attack for Mueller) than allowing it to carry on or being forced to open up about it later.