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Originally Posted by OptimalTates
But this isn't about two people. It's about a singular person who remembered specific details of the event in 2018, 2022, 2023 but forgot in 2025 while remembering more trivial aspects of the events. That's not a common occurrence at all.
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I'm potentially taking the witness stand in a couple weeks on a non-criminal issue from a decade ago, and this is exactly how my mind works.
I have tried to block the topic out over the years, as it was fairly stressful for me, and I suspect trying to block out the topic for stress reasons doesn't help with my recollection, even though there were a couple of probes around it that forced me to recollect.
I'm not defending the witness as yes, it's quite possible he may not be being completely truthful. I just don't know how you can be certain, especially after only interpreting the testimony through media stories on the topic.