Your link, and its supporting sources does not make it so clear cut that he was 'caught red-handed'. In fact, it seems to be that he was setup and news papers

Your link, and its supporting sources does not make it so clear cut that he was 'caught red-handed'. In fact, it seems to be that he was setup and news papers that reported on the issue were not perfectly honest brokers of the information. https://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/article214060112/Ibiza-Video-Neue-Sequenzen-koennten-Strache-entlasten.html https://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/article214060112/Ibiza-V... One can imagine Peter Thiel having sympathy for such an individual.