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The hacked materials, which remain unpublished, also include unredacted personal information of witnesses and evidence tied to federal and congressional investigations.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

  • JCreazy@midwest.socialEnglish
    33·
    2 months ago

    The hacker won’t release shit. Nothing will happen. Everything will continue on like normal. We’ve been hearing about damning evidence about multiple people for years now. Here we are with none of it.

  • WrenFeathers@lemmy.world
    22·
    1 month ago

    If they had it, they’d release it. There’s no extortion to be had here, no reason to delay. The only reason to have gotten it would be to release it. That they haven’t- pretty much means they haven’t got anything.

    • Hacksaw@lemmy.ca
      9·
      1 month ago

      Well it has all the info to completely dox anyone who testified against the attorney child rapist general. Magas would literally kill them where they sleep.

      • ArchRecord@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        1 month ago

        Exactly.

        If the attacker stole the file with the intent to publish information against Gaetz in order to harm him, they’d need to redact anything that could allow for attacks against those testifying before releasing it.

  • brezel@piefed.socialEnglish
    15·
    2 months ago

    Who cares anymore? You guys voted a criminal into power. Facts don’t matter anymore.

  • TimLovesTech (AuDHD)(he/him)@badatbeing.socialEnglish
    6·
    2 months ago

    If released, I hope that the victim/witness information is redacted, unless of course this is a hack done by the Right to get the women’s names out to the cult so they can do what the cult does best. =(

  • Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world
    5·
    1 month 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
      6·
      1 month 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·
      1 month 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.