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[–] 22 points 8 months ago (12 children)

Part of me thinks that the files are weakened by including baseless allegations from anonymous tips and that it would be better to have some hard evidence for this. But another part of me doesn't want to have that hard evidence emerge because I dread seeing how many people will flatly deny or even try to justify or excuse it.

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  • [–] 16 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Other presidents have resigned for less.

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  • [–] 13 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    He’s not referring to anything baseless. The allegations I’ve read about are serious and credible.

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago* (2 children)

    Can you share specific credible reports? The stuff I've seen has been anonymous tips to the FBI tipline that were included in the files. Salacious and maybe even true, but little more than "trust me bro." Heck, even witnesses that come forward can have questionable credibility -- remember Biden accuser Tara Reade, who has since defected to Russia? I want to see persuasive evidence (though again, I kind of dread it).

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  • [–] 12 points 8 months ago

    I’ve read it as the same. Maybe not anonymous but certainly just a tip line that seemingly anyone could have reported to, with very little corroborating evidence.

    The real crime is that it wasn’t followed up on and has been actively suppressed.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago

    So what would have to happen for the evidence to be credible, if a mountain of testimony isn't? Are you going to stay skeptical until you see full unredacted video of Trump raping a child?

    One person's testimony, in isolation, may be suspect, but this is a lot more than one person with a "Trust me bro" story.

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  • [–] 8 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    I don't think that the files are weakened by allegations from anonymous tips. But, if that's the pillar they're using to build their case against Trump, that's pretty worrisome. Holding a press conference about allegations from an anonymous tip line is the equivalent of an attack ad with ominous music and vague, unprovable statements.

    If that's what they're going to lead with, they better at least take the angle "and it's very telling that nobody followed up on these incredibly disturbing claims. Why weren't they investigated?"

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago* (1 child)

    And not all anonymous tips are baseless. Hard evidence doesn't just show up at investigators' doorsteps except in vanishingly rare cases. Some people are rightly afraid of retaliation. That's why allegations are investigated, unless the threats are flagrant nonsense ("it wuz alien lizards!!") or the justice system is captured by criminals as it is now.

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