Just dropped · Trial Balloon · Ep. 192
November Surprises
A grand jury is taking a closer look into allegations of payroll fraud and deepfake porn within Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith’s (R) office, NewsNation reports.
The allegations of distribution of intimate images within Beckwith’s office stem from a previously reported claim that staffers within Beckwith’s office had been sharing an AI pornographic deepfake video of a state representative’s wife.
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