[GizzyGirl]

I still want to know about the thousands that were deleted. The FBI has had the server for months, how long does it take to do the forensics on it, and what was the last thing we heard on the backups, that they were all deleted from all sources, both companies that contracted to maintain it? Did I miss something along the way? Where were the messages deleted, were they indeed all about grandbabies and bridal showers?

[ManHunter]

That’s an excellent question. Unless they were overwritten after deletion, those emails would have remained on the servers. If they were overwritten, the only way to recover them would be to search the servers of other recipients to find copies.