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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: Lambo 🐝  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Trumpedo's First Choice for AG
Date: 11/13/25 9:49 PM
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Well in the same sense that you are certainly entitled to believe whatever you want based on whatever information is available to you.

No. You don't seem to understand what substantial evidence means:

Substantial evidence: There is enough evidence for a reasonable person to support a conclusion.

THE COMMITTEE:
There is substantial evidence that Representative Gaetz engaged in sexual activity with a 17-year-old girl. The Committee received credible testimony from Victim A herself, as well as multiple individuals corroborating the allegation. Several of those witnesses have also testified under oath before a federal grand jury and in a civil litigation. Representative Gaetz denied the allegation but refused to testify under oath. He has publicly stated that Victim A “doesn’t exist” and that he has not “had sex with a 17-year-old since I was 17.” The Committee found that to be untrue and determined that there is substantial evidence that Representative Gaetz had sex with Victim A in July 2017, when she was 17 years old, and he was 35. Representative Gaetz’s actions were in violation of Florida’s statutory rape law.

ME: The committee stated that there is enough adequate evidence for a reasonable person to support a conclusion that Representative Gaetz engaged in sexual activity with a 17-year-old girl.

This is not the same as "you are certainly entitled to believe whatever you want based on whatever information is available to you".
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