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DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 days agowired.com/…/read-transcript-silk-roads-boss-order…
Might have fallen for some misinfo myself because I can’t find anything about the physical threats, just the extortion.
Regardless, the state apparently didn’t even believe the logs themselves. Normally I’d call them too biased to link but since even the state agrees:
freeross.org/false-allegations/
There’s a lot of money and powerful people involved so it’s pretty hard to say what really happened, but what definitely did happen is questionable evidence that never should have been allowed in his trial was introduced.
He belongs to be in jail for deliberately aiding in human trafficking and CSA (and so you can see why Trump would pardon him). What isn’t clear, and was specifically thrown out with prejudice, is the supposed assassination plots.
gofsckyourself@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Hmm. I don’t see where the state did not think the logs were real. AFAIK they were pulled from the website’s database. The BTC transactions match up, too.
I think I’ve seen people conflate “there is no evidence that anyone was killed” and them not believing the whole thing, but attempting to hire and the falsified “success” of the supposed murders can be both true.
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 days ago
Citation 7+8 note that the officers who were convicted of corruption had admin privileges, including the ability to change message content.
gofsckyourself@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Right. That seems like more effort than it’s worth in comparison to how much I care about the situation. As you say, the guy was already a piece of shit. That’s why it’s easy for me to believe, especially considering the evidence. Anything that may point out the evidence is invalid is pretty buried or seems to only be spread among areas that have an interest in that narrative.
Anyway, thanks for the info and discussion.