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Summary

A hacker accessed a file containing damaging testimony about former Congressman Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trump’s attorney general pick.

The file includes sworn statements from a woman alleging she had sex with Gaetz in 2017 when she was 17, corroborating testimony from a witness, and other evidence from a civil suit involving Gaetz ally Christopher Dorworth.

The hacked materials, which remain unpublished, also include unredacted personal information of witnesses and evidence tied to federal and congressional investigations.

The hacker’s motive remains unknown.

  • Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world
    51·
    2 days ago

    I’ll never get why people cling desperately to these people suspected of kid diddling. There are millions of people right? What the fuck is so special about that one that we need to excuse them for preying on children?

    This isn’t a question for people in power. I understand their plea is game recognizes game. This is for all the voters that prop these people up.

    • a9cx34udP4ZZ0@lemmy.world
      71·
      2 days ago

      There are millions of people right? What the fuck is so special about that one that we need to excuse them for preying on children?

      What’s special is they’re a republican, and there is dirt on them, which means they can be controlled. In a vacuum, nothing is special about Matt Gaetz. He’s a goblin looking fratbro who by all accounts has a pretty annoying personality. His special power is having a father who is also a politician and a penchant for banging underage girls which his donors and peers can use to control his actions.

    • Shapillon@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 days ago

      There are two options imho:

      • They’re so far up in their own media bubble that they don’t believe it’s true.
      • They don’t care about it. Or at least not enough compared to the advantages of having said person in positions of power.