Hacker News Reader

The timing is suspicious though. Could political motivation be at play here?

A reasonable thought on the surface, but this has been pushed by many people on both sides of the aisle, including Elizabeth Warren.

View on HN

The article actually called out the unusual rush to September though.

If lots of people see a clear pattern forming, doesn't that make it MORE credible rather than less?

If there was no conflicting evidence, then maybe. But if you read the newspaper, you know this has been in the works for a very long time, and again from both Republicans and Democrats.

AG Barr has been pushing to get this out before the election, over objections of his own attorneys:

"He [Barr] pushed career Justice Department attorneys to bring the case by the end of September, prompting pushback from lawyers who wanted more time and complained of political influence."[1]

[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/20/technology/google-antitru...

You are correct. But that doesn't mean all of the Democrats and other Republicans who have been pushing for this for years have suddenly vaporized from history.

I think he's saying that many people on a bi-partisan basis has been pushing for this for a long time, which would make the timing less suspicious as it has been picking up steam for a long time.

Ie lots of people pushing a change, not pushing a theory.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com