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Originally Posted by Adam
Joe Bentley is a retired partner at Latham & Watkins. He lives in Newport Beach and was the Temple Cmttee Chair down there (temple paid for entirely by the local members). He was speaking at the J. Reuben Clark Law Society leadership meetings on Thurs and Fri (he is the current International Chair of the Law Society). As previously stated, Joe is editing what will be Vol. 3 of the Joseph Smith papers which will be legal documents relating to Joseph Smith's trials in NY and Ohio. Bushman is heading up the entire project.
I obviously didn't speak to Bushman, but Joe does weekly. And of course Joe wouldn't make something like that up.
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Sure he wouldn't, but in the telling and retelling of the discussion, the facts and original intent can get shifted around. As a matter of principle I take all such comments (retelling of second-hand conversations) with a grain of salt. No offense.