Cassandra, Shorted shares absolutely have to be
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Shorted shares absolutely have to be repurchased and returned to lender.
Brokerages can sue to recover debts.
I believe brokerage will be on the hook for shares it borrowed to be sold by a client.
Short Share count Is real, and is over 30M as of
January 15
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