and like you said...now we have a quantifiable measure of the damage of trump playing down the virus and its something he is gonna have to defend right before the election and in debates.

its post labor day too...when most people really start paying attention to the election. so this spells out in clear detail that trumps failure to protect the american people was deliberate and blood is on his hands.

not to mention...it comes right in the midst of trump and his allies making a big deal about reporting based on anonymous sources. and now you have trump saying this shit in his own words on tape so it blows all of that hand wringing up.

if i had to choose between releasing it early or releasing it now...i still think releasing it now presents the best possible chance for a net positive outcome.