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Proof: Russell Brand and Dr. Oz joke about hugging female Trump secretary as rape-accused comic joins MAHA panel

The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

{"first_seen":"2026-09-30T00:52:43Z","headline":"Russell Brand and Dr. Oz joke about hugging female Trump secretary as rape-accused comic joins MAHA panel","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"independent","url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/russell-brand-dr-oz-maha-trump-rape-b3058662.html","v":1}

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01923daac9604ae8669bdc58e6bcbc1ad7d58106dae8aaebde5839bb3fb00e99

OpenTimestamps

Submitted to the OpenTimestamps calendars 2026-09-30 00:57 UTC; waiting for a Bitcoin block (usually a few hours).

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-09-30 01:14 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-09-30 01:14 UTC — view the capture.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-01923daac960.json prints 01923daac9604ae8669bdc58e6bcbc1ad7d58106dae8aaebde5839bb3fb00e99. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-01923daac960.json and headline-01923daac960.json.ots onto opentimestamps.org, which checks the receipt against the Bitcoin block chain. Or, with the OpenTimestamps client and a Bitcoin node: ots verify headline-01923daac960.json.ots (ots upgrade first while the receipt is pending).
3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

Sealed automatically, 4 min after it was first seen.