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Originally Posted by fundmark19
It doesn't prove he is compromised at all. It proves that a bunch of criminals wanted to buy a video of the mayor smoking crack. I don't believe you can prove any intent after that. They could be covering their tracks they could be looking to compromise the mayor in the future they could be using it to get the mayor kicked out so that they can have a mayor elected that they could compromise.
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I really don't think they were going to buy it and stick it in a drawer. They clearly would try and get something out of the video. Assuming they had to pay the price that was initially being asked ($200,000), they were going to do what any business person does in that situation: Get return on their investment. Once they have the tape they can basically hold it over Ford, which makes him exposed to doing whatever they want in order to prevent the tape from coming out. Lest we forget this whole story is only alive again because its now proven the tape exists. If Ford could have found a foolproof, 100% way to destroy it he would have. His character tells you that.