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jr1118x

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12. Power

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Mon Feb 10, 2020, 07:05 PM

Feb 2020

I think it was a show of power. Same as firing the witnesses even though they were already going to quit. It's almost like proving you got away with it to say to the next whistleblowers not to bother. Those who testify get punished while they prove they are guilty and above the law.

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