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MadameButterfly

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5. We weren't desperate to get him on sex offenses

Reply to Pototan (Original post)

Thu Nov 13, 2025, 07:55 AM

21 hrs ago

We thought we had him on insurrection, espionnage, theft, and fraud.
We thought he would be in jail, not president.

Merrick underestimated the risk, or deep down he was on the other side.

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That's what I thought BeerBarrelPolka 23 hrs ago #4

We weren't desperate to get him on sex offenses MadameButterfly 21 hrs ago #5