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Re:Elizabeth Holmes is sentenced to more than 11 years for f... by atlasunshrugged on Friday November 18, 2022 @08:54PM (#33665881)
Just a theory, but I think that unless politicians feels he has future leverage, they're unlikely to be lenient (can't think of a more fairweather friend than a politician who you know because you gave them money) and actually may go harder on him because of this narrative which they feel they need to counter
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Re:Elizabeth Holmes is sentenced to more than 11 years for f... by davrosthedalek on Friday November 18, 2022 @09:45PM (#33666260)
They might just want him out of the news cycle. Just look how many stories tying FTX to democrats FOXNEWS already placed on their website. A counter-story would require that people listen, and that FN would report that story. They won't. So getting the story buried and forgotten might be the best play.
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