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The statement is very cagey, and Jason Leopold has long had a very iffy reputation. But I think it's more likely the info came from SDNY, which does leak, not Mueller's people. I suspect the story is true, but how much that'll matter in 24 hours remains to be seen due to some poor checking on the writers' part. What does matter is Mueller is continuing, and Cohen will be in a public hearing in a couple weeks.

I have a lot more hope for America because it's out there, tbh. Also, worth noting: Mueller, who brought down John Gotti, never has just one source.

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I posted this info before, but the still says it all:

Yeah, I personally didn't see much of it in her '90s-2000 run, but I do feel it was there from the beginning of her subsequent return in 2003. From then on she too often took it to 11. As I said I think what JFP did to her scarred her - on some level I think she partly feared it had been a fault of her performance, and vowed never to let it happen again. I still loved her and (almost) never found her unwatchable or anything in later years, but she went way, way up and didn't need all that.

Only when Higley took over. And I don't think Higley had any idea who it was at first, no. It was not a Malone plot. It was actually fall/winter on the run. And that was Ron Carlivati's first big story, which tied into Viki's resurgence and new romance with Charlie. Some of Carlivati's best work, IMO.

The thing is, Paige's past secret did not remotely figure into the initial character. She existed solely as a very two-dimensional B&N spoiler (like Daniel Colson in 2004) for a storyline that never actually happened due to BTS stuff. Paige's secret and past life was only created by new writer Dena Higley in '05 as something to hang Spencer's character on. Also, the McBains were all introduced in 2003-04 by Malone. The Spencer link - John's father's murder - was again only created in '05-'06 by Higley.