Its possible they were using the specific term secret society in a joking manner to refer to what was a very real off-site, secret group.
“Its possible they were using the specific term secret society in a joking manner to refer to what was a very real off-site, secret group.”
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The context of in which they were talking is disturbing in and of itself. The calendars they were discussing were given to them by the FBI. The calendars were Russia-themed. Quite the jokers the Deep Staters are.