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Following the release of a report from the SDIOA into allegations of doxxing from NCIA employees Notcom (@notcommunist366) and Opersup, the DoJ began investigations into the case. The Senate, per request from still-Senator Xi4 (@_xxxiii4), also started a hearing into the case, and the idea of potentially impeaching Notcom as Senator were floating around in the chamber, although no such motion to impeach had been raised.
SDIOA = SimDemocracy Independent Oversight Agency
NCIA = Notcom Private Investigative Agency, a private counter-terrorism contracting firm
DoJ = Department of Justice
Due to a search warrant into Notcom, she decided to go into a voice chat with the Attorney General Ed (@AG Ed) and some other people they don’t quite remember the names of, in order to provide more information on the case and to clear her name. It has to be mentioned that, according to herself, she wasn’t in a sound place of mind at the time, and might have made some irrational decisions.
The Attorney General Ed decided to record the whole thing, as they were under the impression that Notcom would screenshare the groupchats in which the alleged crimes occured in order to prove herself innocent. This was not successful though, as she had already deleted all groupchats about the topic.
During the whole event, Notcom (according to herself) was still under severe mental strain, which then led her to have a mental breakdown (again, according to herself). She accuses the Attorney General of continuing to record the session, and thus abusing her vulnerable mental state, which would fit the definition of the crime of Abuse of Vulnerability.
The following day, Notcom decided to write a formal criminal complaint against the Attorney General and DoJ as a whole. She decided to take upon a private prosecution, as the Attorney General would of course be unable of charging himself due to the apparent bias. The sought relief is a five-month ban.
The Senate also decided to take action by conducting a hearing (another one!) into the DoJ’s actions in relation to Notcom and Opersup.
In response to this, President Hmquestionable (@hmquestionable) decided to defend the government in the hearing, arguing that it is the job and duty of the DoJ to investigate such allegations, and that the Senate was interfering with the investigations (“going into private chats and disrupting people in their line of work”).
Here’s a direct quote from his argumentation:
“[T]here is absolutely nothing wrong with attempting to obtain information. How are we supposed to investigate without information? [...] How were they supposed to obtain it without recording? By writing it on a piece of paper? [...] The investigators were also unsure of when she was going to put up the messages, which is why I assume they continued to record.”
Concluding this article, there still are many unanswered questions, and this really is an interesting subject, but it should also be mentioned that all involved parties are humans, and that we should remain respectful towards them, especially in light of Notcom experiencing serious mental harm due to the whole debacle.
I think Stalin said it best in his comment on the whole situation:
“Being under such pressure of a possible criminal indictment at 15 years old is a seriously stressful situation. [...] I believe that the DoJ and SDIOA need to be more careful with dealing with people in vulnerable states. We’re playing with real people and their real emotions; the DoJ needs to remember that a lot of SimDem citizens are deeply emotionally vulnerable.”