Something else I wanted to add is that I have given far, far more documentation than Okubo has ever given - but say that you can’t trust me.
Yet you trust not only her, but what she said.
Seems like a double standard to me. I lay my evidence before everyone so they can decide one way or another. If you think it’s not enough that’s fine; at least you have it in front of you to evaluate.
Janice Okubo has never - not once - offered you (or anybody else) the same courtesy even though it is required by law and she’s paid to do it. Why do you think that is?
I don’t explicitly trust Okubo. She has clearly not been forthright when she should or could have been. However, she is the official spokesperson. So her statements do carry some amount of weight.
Regarding your research butter, the time that I put into conversing with you and asking for clarification should show you that I am trying to verify your work for my own satisfaction. I don’t often do that. Most of the time, I just correct errant information and move on.
IMO your work has a lot of speculation in it. And some of it is probably spot on, but some of it needs concrete evidence in order for me to verify it. I trust but verify. That’s who I am. It doesn’t say anything about you. It says something about what level of verification I need in order to accept your conclusions.