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Related: About this forumJan. 6 Committee Finds Gaps In Trump Call Logs From Day Of Capitol Riot (MSNBC)
The January 6 select committee has found gaps in the call logs of former President Trump on the day of the Capitol riot in records obtained by the White House. NBC's Leigh Ann Caldwell, Garrett Haake and the New York Times' Luke Broadwater have details.
turbinetree
(24,695 posts)18 U.S. Code § 1519 - Destruction, alteration, or falsification of records in Federal investigations and bankruptcy
Whoever knowingly alters, destroys, mutilates, conceals, covers up, falsifies, or makes a false entry in any record, document, or tangible object with the intent to impede, obstruct, or influence the investigation or proper administration of any matter within the jurisdiction of any department or agency of the United States or any case filed under title 11, or in relation to or contemplation of any such matter or case, shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1519#:~:text=%C2%A7%201519-,18%20U.S.%20Code%20%C2%A7%201519%20%2D%20Destruction%2C%20alteration%2C%20or%20falsification,in%20Federal%20investigations%20and%20bankruptcy
And then there is this....
18 U.S. Code § 2071 - Concealment, removal, or mutilation generally
U.S. Code
(a)Whoever willfully and unlawfully conceals, removes, mutilates, obliterates, or destroys, or attempts to do so, or, with intent to do so takes and carries away any record, proceeding, map, book, paper, document, or other thing, filed or deposited with any clerk or officer of any court of the United States, or in any public office, or with any judicial or public officer of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
(b)Whoever, having the custody of any such record, proceeding, map, book, document, paper, or other thing, willfully and unlawfully conceals, removes, mutilates, obliterates, falsifies, or destroys the same, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both; and shall forfeit his office and be disqualified from holding any office under the United States. As used in this subsection, the term office does not include the office held by any person as a retired officer of the Armed Forces of the United States.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2071
Take your pick....
L. Coyote
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"...the information was extremely sensitive sometimes colloquially referred to as being above top secret...."
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