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babylonsister

(171,062 posts)
Sun May 28, 2017, 03:31 PM May 2017

Trump campaign likely didnt save documents: report

How convenient.

Trump campaign likely didn’t save documents: report
By Max Greenwood - 05/28/17 11:52 AM EDT


The Trump campaign likely did not preserve documents and communications key to the law enforcement investigation into possible collusion between President Trump's associates and the Kremlin, Politico reported Saturday.

Political campaigns, Politico noted, are typically not required to preserve emails on their private server for long windows of time, and most messages are deleted within 30 to 90 days, unless steps are taken to preserve them.

What's more, the Trump campaign did not do much to establish a plan to maintain those communications, according to a former campaign aide.

"You’d be giving us too much credit,” the former aide told Politico. "The idea of document retention did not come up. The idea of some formal structure did not come up."

The White House itself is subject to more rigorous recordkeeping rules, and White House counsel Don McGahn directed staffers in February to preserve documents and other records that could be requested or used in ongoing federal investigations into Russian election meddling.

But at issue for some White House staffers is the existence of encrypted apps, such as Signal and Confide, that automatically delete messages. Failure to maintain certain records, according to Politico, could potentially lead to legal trouble.

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http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/335481-trump-campaign-likely-didnt-save-documents-report

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Trump campaign likely didnt save documents: report (Original Post) babylonsister May 2017 OP
Trump spent millions on lawyers during the campaign dalton99a May 2017 #1
Russia if you are listening find those emails. I think you Enoki33 May 2017 #10
They already have them, no doubt. L. Coyote May 2017 #11
Better hire Ollie North as a consultant for the shredding operation Xipe Totec May 2017 #2
+1 emulatorloo May 2017 #4
uh huh. emulatorloo May 2017 #3
those emails are out there, somewhere....just gotta dig. NRaleighLiberal May 2017 #5
Off to the greatest! MelissaB May 2017 #6
When push comes to shove, want to bet they amazingly find a lot of what they shraby May 2017 #7
from Alt Sean Spicer MelissaB May 2017 #8
Ther's a perfect headline in there somewwhere. L. Coyote May 2017 #12
Didn't Pres.Obama issue an EO, to preserve furtheradu May 2017 #9
How convenient! StarryNite May 2017 #13
Deleting files is a serious crime... FailureToCommunicate May 2017 #14

emulatorloo

(44,120 posts)
3. uh huh.
Sun May 28, 2017, 03:51 PM
May 2017

Seem like the main requirement for a job with Trump campaign and/or Trump White House is a willingness to lie about everything.

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
12. Ther's a perfect headline in there somewwhere.
Sun May 28, 2017, 05:51 PM
May 2017

"Trump campaign deleted e-mails from private server while under FBI investigation."

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