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by throwawaw 1959 days ago
Your edit drastically undersells the extent to which you were wrong on this one.

> Amateur sleuths found fertile ground to fan conspiracies. They didn’t hesitate in casting Jeff Psaki, a money manager at Citadel, as proof of dark arts at the firm. It started with claims that Psaki, an ex-Goldman trader, was married to White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki. He’s not: He’s her second cousin and has never spoken to her, a person who knows him said. But on it went, ricocheting from chatboards to Twitter and beyond.

Quick, name all your second cousins!

1 comments

Resolution of conflicts of interest linked to a multi billion dollar failure should probably be supported by a more authoritative source than “a person who knows him”. I afford everyone the benefit of the doubt in everyday life, when it comes to politicians and this much money is involved I don’t. I respect people who see it differently.