Did you read
the incredibly defensive post from their communications chief? This is their
lead communicator? No wonder they are in hot water.
I don't know if the deletion of texts was deliberate or grossly negligent, but it was certainly
wrong. As a law enforcement agency, regardless of motivation, they had to know all communications related to January 6 had to be preserved. Moreover,
federal law requires they be backed up. If they are agency devices,
everything on them is a federal record. (Just ask Hillary Clinton.) Two strikes against them already.
