Pentagon “Wiped Phones” Of Top Trump-Era Officials

The Hill reports:

The Department of Defense (DOD) failed to retain text messages from a number of its top officials relating to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot because it wiped their phones during the transition, a watchdog group that sued for the records disclosed Tuesday.

American Oversight filed a public records request for the communications of former acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller and former Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy in the days after the attack on the Capitol.

But they were informed during litigation that the records were not preserved.

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Guess what!?!? Trump DOD officials somehow also got in on the secret service phone reboot. https://t.co/NUeRNjiLjf

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) August 2, 2022

A CNN scoop: “The Defense Department wiped the phones of top departing DOD and Army officials at the end of the Trump administration, deleting any texts from key witnesses to events surrounding the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol…” https://t.co/pQbgEpYLZd

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) August 2, 2022