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    1 year ago

    The tweet is talking about those who get protection even after the trial is complete.

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        1 year ago

        Sometimes you have to use context clues to extrapolate data. In this case he’s talking about the government killing a witness so we can assume the government wouldn’t do that before the witness has had a chance to testify as that would defeat the purpose of having the witness be protected. Now that they’ve completed their testimony and are being sent to the witness protection program they are of no use so the government kills them.