Another observation @ 4:56 the background noise changes as if a fan or some other device emitting a "hum" is running. That indicates the possibility of a spliced recording.
Perhaps they had a much longer conversation covering other topics not germane to the bribery attempt and those were cut out for the sake of brevity.
This doesn't mean it's unauthentic, I'm just saying it was probably edited down to the relevant points.
When the man speaks - you hear the room reverb.
When Kari speaks - there is no room reverb.
Where is the mic?
I need to know that before I understand if this is a doctored audio file or not.
And believe me - I'm on her side.
But I'm unapologetically on the side of Truth - and lately, there are way too many fake things making it's way onto this board as "news".
Another observation @ 4:56 the background noise changes as if a fan or some other device emitting a "hum" is running. That indicates the possibility of a spliced recording.
Perhaps they had a much longer conversation covering other topics not germane to the bribery attempt and those were cut out for the sake of brevity.
This doesn't mean it's unauthentic, I'm just saying it was probably edited down to the relevant points.
I assumed they walked together outside the room, possibly outside.