Team Mueller pulled a Hillary Clinton and wiped their phones before they were turned in for the OIG investigation:
Newly released DOJ records show that multiple top members of Mueller's investigative team claimed to have "accidentally wiped" at least 15 (!) phones used during the anti-Trump investigation after the DOJ OIG asked for the devies to be handed over. https://t.co/VVUnfZVolm pic.twitter.com/p50PnoCBse
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) September 10, 2020
And of course the wiping was all ‘accidental’:
Federal records show that Mueller deputy Andrew Weismann claims to have "accidentally" wiped, via wrong passwords at least 2 phones detailing his activity during the anti-Trump probe. James Quarles' phone "wiped itself." Greg Andre also made the same wrong password claim…
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) September 10, 2020
Mueller deputy Kyle Freeny similarly claimed that his phone was accidentally wiped after too many wrong passwords were entered. Same with Mueller deputy Rush Atkinson.
At least a 12 other officials whose names are redacted also claimed to have "accidentally" nuked their phones.
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) September 10, 2020
All iPhones have a setting that will, if turned on, erase phone data after too many failed attempts to input the unlock code:
The newly released DOJ records from the OIG investigation of corruption during the Mueller probe shows that a key tactic used by the Mueller team was to put the phones in airplane mode, lock them, and then claim they didn't have the password. pic.twitter.com/KrRx99OU4u
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) September 10, 2020
Yes they all suddenly got amnesia and couldn’t remember their lock codes and thus wiped their phones. Totally believable. Totally.
You can read the full report here.