Jesse Eisinger

Yeah, like, I'm going forward. I've decided to go forward. I'm now ready to move to phase two or something, you know, something like that. And are you kind of thinking, like... Oh, I'm thinking cranked.

Yeah, like, I'm going forward. I've decided to go forward. I'm now ready to move to phase two or something, you know, something like that. And are you kind of thinking, like... Oh, I'm thinking cranked.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. But, you know, I... In addition to being angry, I'm sort of hopelessly optimistic, you know? And so I'll always think, like, there's a possibility that, you know? But the first problem was that I had no idea where the goddamn envelope was. So I spent hours and hours going there.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. But, you know, I... In addition to being angry, I'm sort of hopelessly optimistic, you know? And so I'll always think, like, there's a possibility that, you know? But the first problem was that I had no idea where the goddamn envelope was. So I spent hours and hours going there.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. But, you know, I... In addition to being angry, I'm sort of hopelessly optimistic, you know? And so I'll always think, like, there's a possibility that, you know? But the first problem was that I had no idea where the goddamn envelope was. So I spent hours and hours going there.

You know, I don't know if you've never been to my apartment, but that's not an enjoyable thing to try to sift through the mountains of paper desperately looking for this thing. I did find it, you know, deep within the bowels of our filing system, quote-unquote, and then got the password to this encrypted thumb drive, and I was looking at...

You know, I don't know if you've never been to my apartment, but that's not an enjoyable thing to try to sift through the mountains of paper desperately looking for this thing. I did find it, you know, deep within the bowels of our filing system, quote-unquote, and then got the password to this encrypted thumb drive, and I was looking at...

You know, I don't know if you've never been to my apartment, but that's not an enjoyable thing to try to sift through the mountains of paper desperately looking for this thing. I did find it, you know, deep within the bowels of our filing system, quote-unquote, and then got the password to this encrypted thumb drive, and I was looking at...

Clearly something that smelled like something that come from the IRS. And what made it that way? Like, what did it... You know, it had jargon. It had fields and fields of numbers out to the single digits. Things that wouldn't be... You always think... The great fear is something that's fraudulent that you're going to be tricked into.

Clearly something that smelled like something that come from the IRS. And what made it that way? Like, what did it... You know, it had jargon. It had fields and fields of numbers out to the single digits. Things that wouldn't be... You always think... The great fear is something that's fraudulent that you're going to be tricked into.

Clearly something that smelled like something that come from the IRS. And what made it that way? Like, what did it... You know, it had jargon. It had fields and fields of numbers out to the single digits. Things that wouldn't be... You always think... The great fear is something that's fraudulent that you're going to be tricked into.

Yeah, you know, James O'Keefe is trying to trick you into publishing something that would be catastrophically embarrassing. Yeah. But this just had verisimilitude to it.

Yeah, you know, James O'Keefe is trying to trick you into publishing something that would be catastrophically embarrassing. Yeah. But this just had verisimilitude to it.

Yeah, you know, James O'Keefe is trying to trick you into publishing something that would be catastrophically embarrassing. Yeah. But this just had verisimilitude to it.

Well, that took months and months and months. But at that point, I sort of, I called up Paul and I said, this is either the biggest hoax of your career or the best day of your career.

Well, that took months and months and months. But at that point, I sort of, I called up Paul and I said, this is either the biggest hoax of your career or the best day of your career.

Well, that took months and months and months. But at that point, I sort of, I called up Paul and I said, this is either the biggest hoax of your career or the best day of your career.

We were looking at something that no one had ever seen before. Something that had been one of the most guarded secrets in all of the federal government. And we were privy to this extraordinary secret. And when you say that this is one of the most guarded secrets, like, how guarded was it? Well, you can go to prison for leaking any amount of private tax information.

We were looking at something that no one had ever seen before. Something that had been one of the most guarded secrets in all of the federal government. And we were privy to this extraordinary secret. And when you say that this is one of the most guarded secrets, like, how guarded was it? Well, you can go to prison for leaking any amount of private tax information.

We were looking at something that no one had ever seen before. Something that had been one of the most guarded secrets in all of the federal government. And we were privy to this extraordinary secret. And when you say that this is one of the most guarded secrets, like, how guarded was it? Well, you can go to prison for leaking any amount of private tax information.