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The hacked materials, which remain unpublished, also include unredacted personal information of witnesses and evidence tied to federal and congressional investigations.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

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      18 hours 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.

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      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.
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    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.

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    16 hours ago

    With all the shitty news out there, I’m begging the hackers to throw us a bone and release the files. I mean c’mon … we’re dying here.

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    2 days ago

    conservatives do not care about this. this is not what they care about. they don’t care. it does not matter. liberals will never figure this out.