Well that's the thing; it's two sides who are both part of government giving competing narratives. So which 'don't believe the government' hold more water objectively, when you remove the 'I want X version to be true because it aligns more with my worldview' factor?
I'm not sure how there is a third option between "there was a raid" and "there wasn't a raid", but if anyone can somehow fuck up a binary choice, it's government.
What if there wasn't a raid but the files were still taken because Gabbard's office turned them over? That would be a massive story, of course, not that it would ever see the light of day.
Well that's the thing; it's two sides who are both part of government giving competing narratives. So which 'don't believe the government' hold more water objectively, when you remove the 'I want X version to be true because it aligns more with my worldview' factor?
Option Z is that both of them are lying and we haven't heard the true story yet
You're probably right.
I'm not sure how there is a third option between "there was a raid" and "there wasn't a raid", but if anyone can somehow fuck up a binary choice, it's government.
What if there wasn't a raid but the files were still taken because Gabbard's office turned them over? That would be a massive story, of course, not that it would ever see the light of day.