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AZJonnie

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4. What does this hope to accomplish?

Reply to Jrose (Original post)

Thu Jan 15, 2026, 12:00 PM

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If nobody is going to prosecute the monster JD Ross, what does hiring lawyers to investigate actually do?

I'm not saying it's nothing, I'm just unclear about what the goal is/what might be accomplished? Is there like a life insurance policy whose payout could be challenged or something along those lines that could be questioned in a case like this?

Or is this just what you do when you're considering suing someone civilly? I suppose that could be some comfort for the family, but not sure how much money could be pried from some grunt agent like Ross personally. Suit against the government, maybe? Is there a possibility of that?

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