Funny that this recording is just now being released. Has anyone published an unedited transcript? Also, wonder if Trump and/or McDaniel recorded the conversation? Usually presidents record everything.
There are a lot of questions about the origin and release of this tape. From what I can gather from various reports:
1. The tape exists.
2. It was recorded by people on the receiving end.
3. It may or may not have been recorded by one of the canvassers. The call took place when two of the canvassers and others were in a car in a parking lot. Someone else present may have made the recording.
4. The person who alerted the Detroit News to the tape and apparently shared it with them was someone the Detroit News characterized as an "intermediary." It was someone who did not make the tape but somehow got their hands on it and brought it to the newspaper, on condition of anonymity.
5. Of the two canvassers who were in the car and took the call, one is now deceased. When asked about it, the one who is still alive did not deny the existence of the tape or the reported contents.
6. We do not know if prosecutors previously had or knew about this tape.
If prosecutors do not have the tape, it will be easy for them to get. All they have to do is demand it or information about its whereabouts from the canvasser. If the canvasser is not forthcoming, a subpoena or search warrant would be easy for prosecutors to obtain.