Novic said the whole thing felt like opposition research and made him very uncomfortable, so he contacted Victor Oppelman, a friend also on BitVoyant board and engaged with Joffe in other companies, like LaTorral Ventures, the ones who provided the PDF. Despite Oppelman being uncomfortable also, they “reluctantly moved forward.” Novick assigned 3 analysts to follow through with the tasking. They named the project CRIMSON RHINO because Novic didn’t want people to see it was about Trump.