Who gives a Shiite what they were technically?
And do you ask the bank robber to investigate whether he just robbed a bank?
Fact check:
Some conspiracy theorists claim that the men in masks robbed cash from the bank.
That is not correct. The robbers stole federal reserve notes which are an obligation of the federal reserve and are not actual “cash”.
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This is the “meaning of the word ‘is” mentality we are dealing with here.