Not only could they exonerate themselves, they could vilify political opponents. Even if an accurate copy surfaced they would just say, “Nuh uh!” and MAGA would believe them.

This seems like a no-brainer. What am I missing here?!

  • ceenote@lemmy.world
    30·
    12 hours ago

    I’m no expert, but I would think that altering evidence is a huge risk.

    • If you want the changes done by experts, so they’re harder to identify, you have to let the experts in on what you’re doing. That means more potential leakers.
    • If you make any changes that contradict the physical evidence, you’ve outed yourself.
    • The changes you make can be credibly contradicted by people who have seen the unedited versions.
    • You might have to change a lot of stuff, especially if your boy was very close to the sex trafficker in question.

    If you get caught, you’ve just made the problem 100x worse, as a lot of people are just going to assume your guilt as soon as they hear you’ve tampered with the evidence.

    • fullsquare@awful.systems
      1·
      4 hours ago

      about #1, not only this makes number of potential leakers higher (intentional or not - by opsec failures) but also this narrows down number of loyal, reliable people who also won’t fuck up the job real fast

    • meco03211@lemmy.world
      24·
      12 hours ago

      Pro-tip. Blame it on the dems. His base would eat that shit up. Doesn’t matter that it makes no sense.

    • thebestaquaman@lemmy.world
      9·
      12 hours ago

      If you make any edits that contradict the physical evidence, you’ve outed yourself.

      We’re talking about people that contradict both themselves and physical reality on a daily basis without their supporters batting an eye.

      • shalafi@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        1·
        8 hours ago

        Largely why I asked this. Still haven’t found a good answer that doesn’t outline how they might be caught. How cares?!

    • imrighthere@lemmy.caEnglish
      7·
      12 hours ago

      It makes no difference how good they are at photoshop, there is software that will highlight changed portions of photos in red. Skill won’t prevent that.

      • pcouy@lemmy.pierre-couy.fr
        3·
        11 hours ago

        There is no such software (that works kind of reliably). I’d love to be proven wrong, but I’ve looked into it enough that I’m quite confident it does not exist