VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2026-10-29
“You have to offer a pound of flesh to maintain inside the room,”
Joe Vital · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-29
Khan claims Vital told him that his information-gathering was a ploy to gain intelligence on county officials, and described the tradeoff this way.
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