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mplewis01/22/20254 repliesview on HN

What evidence would you have even needed to plant? He ran the largest internet drug market and openly tried to assassinate a competitor.


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TheAmazingRace01/22/2025

Agreed. He willingly engaged with the alleged hitman (which ended up being the FBI contact). He didn't need to do anything or not have the thought to murder others cross his mind.

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plsbenice3401/22/2025

Many people, including myself, do not believe that he really did any of the activity related to the assassination attempts. Demonstrably corrupt law enforcement agents had the opportunity to do it all themselves and it would be typical behaviour for those agencies. He is (and was) politically passionate about non-violence and it would go against everything he stood for. I cannot believe he would do it. What do you mean "openly"?

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nadermx01/22/2025

He never admitted to the attempted murder. So it's not a leap to assume that might of been tainted

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jMyles01/22/2025

> openly tried to assassinate a competitor.

Unmitigated nonsense. The evidence that he was involved in this is somewhere between unreliable and nonexistent, and he (and the supposed victim) have disputed it since day one. WTF do you mean "openly"?

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