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The hacked materials, which remain unpublished, also include unredacted personal information of witnesses and evidence tied to federal and congressional investigations.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

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[-] whithom@discuss.online 218 points 1 month ago
[-] njm1314@lemmy.world 69 points 1 month ago

The fact that he's saying it instead of publishing is how you know he's not for real

[-] DScratch@sh.itjust.works 30 points 1 month ago

Counter-offer: hacking wants that sweet sweet BTC payout.

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[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 24 points 1 month ago

Maybe we don't doxx the witnesses, okay?

[-] whithom@discuss.online 4 points 1 month ago

So, just let him get away with it then? Because, Canadian, that’s what will happen.

[-] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago
[-] ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Any idiot with Adobe Acrobat can do that. It shouldn't delay anything.

[-] whithom@discuss.online 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The delay is that it’s not real.

Edit: the hack part

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[-] errer@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Witness prolly has the very real fear of “they release it, he gets confirmed anyway, Gaetz throws the book at him.” Easy for keyboard warriors to chide this person with no consequences to themselves.

[-] baldingpudenda@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

I can't remember exactly how it was said but, "The internet is all gas no breaks. Random strangers will hype you up and gleefully watch you ruin your life."

[-] whithom@discuss.online 3 points 1 month ago

So black out the name and release it.

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[-] nutsack@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

I don't think that would have the effect within the legal system that you think it might have

[-] whithom@discuss.online 10 points 1 month ago

Can’t know if it isn’t released

[-] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Still good to have it out there.

[-] TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee 56 points 1 month ago

Publish or shut the fuck up

[-] A_Filthy_Weeaboo@lemmy.world 52 points 1 month ago

Oh please...let this be true...Let Gaetz squirm like the spineless pedo he is

[-] gi1242@lemmy.world 66 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

he's not in the slightest bit worried. his boss got away with worse, and as long as he toes the line he will be fine

[-] justhach@lemmy.world 29 points 1 month ago

Exaclty. Blackmail only works if the target has a sense of shame, and clearly MAGAts abandones theirs long ago.

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[-] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 40 points 1 month ago

It won’t change anything. The pedophiles are in power.

[-] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

Yeah I don't even think they are going to do confirmations like they usually do. Trump already said he wants recess appointments and he always gets everything he wants from these idiots

[-] JCreazy@midwest.social 32 points 1 month 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.

[-] justhach@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago

Still waiting on that Redditor to reveal the gay senator he was having an affair with.

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

Ohhh, that fiction. I forgot about that.

[-] Erasmus@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago

Release the pedofiles!!

[-] WrenFeathers@lemmy.world 22 points 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 points 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.ee 2 points 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.

[-] letsgo2themall@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago

release it, or shut the hell up. Not that it will change anything.

[-] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Well maybe with the girl's info redacted if it's not.

[-] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

A file with damaging information about Gaetz?

Isn’t that like... any news article covering him?

[-] brezel@piefed.social 13 points 1 month ago

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

[-] TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago
[-] inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

This isn't a hack, that is just the cover for a leak.

[-] Rapidcreek@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

An amazing number of “secure links” sure turn out to not be that. Damn humans.

[-] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

Publish it now

[-] MattTheProgrammer@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

It will change nothing

[-] TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social 6 points 1 month 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. =(

[-] aesthelete@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

What is this, 2024's version of Trump's tax returns? Nobody cares.

[-] nutsack@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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.

[-] andyburke@fedia.io 2 points 1 month ago

We know they don't care. 🤷‍♂️

We care, that's why it's being discussed.

[-] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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.

[-] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 month ago

Or Trump has someone from russia hack gaetz files so they can't be used in court.

[-] x00z@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Gaetz would have been around 35 at the time.

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[-] Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 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 points 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 points 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.
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[-] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Smart, they can't smoke out the whistleblower if there is no whistleblower.

[-] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

Let it have reach and traction in a way it can't be ignored, can't be doubted.

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