A conservative group that claimed to uncover a ballot stuffing scheme in Georgia has told a judge it has no evidence to back up its allegations.

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    9 months ago

    I do not think they technically lied. People who believe into conspiracy theories usually require negative amount of evidence (I.e., they believe it despite of the evidence to the contrary). But this amount of evidence does not work for the courts. They are just nuts (yes, that’s a technical term).

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      9 months ago

      They claimed they had evidence. Even if it was bad ‘evidence’, they should have been able to produce it. I mean, you talk with a flat earther or a faked moon landing person or a vaccine is gonna kill you person, they’re gonna have all kinds of bullshit evidence to try to convince you. These guys couldn’t even come up with that.

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        9 months ago

        Lawyers can’t knowingly present lies or falsehoods in court. Due to that single constraint, these idiots can’t present anything because all they have are falsehoods and they know it.

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        9 months ago

        What kind of evidence flat rather or vaccine denier would have other than “I heard that”? That would not be considered as evidence by any lawyer representing them.

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      9 months ago

      So people who lie a lot make up idiotic justifications to believe their own lies. That doesn’t make them not-lies.