He got from the Russians when he put together the data operation.

"Soon the data operation dictated every campaign decision: travel, fundraising, advertising, rally locations--even the topics of the speeches. "He put all the different pieces together," Parscale says. "And what's funny is the outside world was so obsessed about this little piece or that, they didn't pick up that it was all being orchestrated so well."

to have the intellectual acumen to design and implement a complex strategy such as this. However, he no doubt was capable of learning from Russian contacts what to do and how to do it.

That's my suspicion--he was the American vessel through which the Russians conveyed information on how to steal this election.

setting up the deal to get rid of sanctions against Russia in exchange for help winning the election. He's no mastermind , the FSB just gave him instructions. Kushner had secret meetings with Russian spy Gorkov and head of state bank Buryakov , who he snuck up the service elevators in Trump Tower so nobody would see them together. Kushner was just the middleman.

Yes, I think attributing Jared with "winning" Trump the election is giving him a bit too much credit. He was an intermediary, nothing more. As you have said, the guy is no mastermind. To suggest so is laughable.

So "pro bono nontraditional background" people? Hmmm. This whole Jared connection opens up soooo many more rabbit holes...

From the OP link:

By June the GOP nomination secured, Kushner took over all data-driven efforts. Within three weeks, in a nondescript building outside San Antonio, he had built what would become a 100-person data hub designed to unify fundraising, messaging and targeting. Run by Brad Parscale, who had previously built small websites for the Trump Organization, this secret back office would drive every strategic decision during the final months of the campaign. "Our best people were mostly the ones who volunteered for me pro bono," Kushner says. "People from the business world, people from nontraditional background"
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On a side note...one of names in the OP article is Parscale who also was involved in the data/digital end with Kushner. The following link talks about his post election non profit group called America First Policies, how the group cut ties with a Manafort aide, and the Foundation not getting Mercer money.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/23/politics/rick-gates-manafort-russia-ties/

Rick Gates, the longtime deputy to President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, was forced to leave his position with a nonprofit supporting Trump this week due to his longstanding relationship with Manafort, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN.

Gates' exit from America First Policies came after the Associated Press reported this week that Manafort had sought to further Russian government interests in his work for a Russian businessman. Gates did not return CNN's requests for comment.

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The Manafort ally's departure adds to the woes the nonprofit has faced in its first months.
Despite initially expecting to draw millions of dollars in funding from the wealthy family of Bob and Rebekah Mercer, America First Policies has floundered in its opening months amid squabbles between Rebekah Mercer and Parscale. The Mercers were among the top donors supporting Trump's presidential bid and maintain a close relationship with Trump advisers in the White House.

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More on Manafort's aide....he visited with Trump in the WH. And that post election Foundation seemed to get nervous when reporters started inquiring about it. I wonder who is funding them if the Mercers pulled out?


http://www.rawstory.com/2017/03/paul-manaforts-russia-connected-deputy-still-visiting-white-house-for-meetings-on-trump-agenda/


http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/trump-agenda-america-first-235983