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@BenjaminEPark @DavidDGolding Go to approx the 8-minute mark of this video for George Throckmorton's explanation. It clarifies what I partially misremembered about Ashworth & Hofmann's Crossroads meetings
https://t.co/UcQjsE64jN
@BenjaminEPark @DavidDGolding My husband, whose brother was a colleague and friend of Hoffman, says it was almost certainly Ashworth. They met regularly at Crossroads Mall, but Ashworth missed their meeting that day
@EricDSnider @jet_set ...to keep his name out of things and "protect his family." My brother-in-law fully believed it was a genuine document, though it's lame* that he lied about provenance. *not as lame as forging documents & blowing people up
@EricDSnider @jet_set Fun fact: it is was my brother-in-law who originally tried to sell the Salamander letter to the church historian and then to Pres Hinckley. I don't think he made it into the Netflix show (haven't watched it yet, but that's what I heard). Mark asked him to pretend he found it...