It sounds like the culprits did the electoral equivalent of sending child porn shots to a commercial photo developer. Ordinarily one expects privacy to be protected. But when a felony is in the mix, the expectations of privacy go out the window. Suppose they were asked to shred a truckload of Trump ballots.
Could be all kinds of interesting things including comms ... TBD + WWG1WGA :)
If the shredding was real ballots, there will be considerable evidence to prove it. I think we learned 2-3 weeks ago that the ballot paper was specially created and had corn components, not a typical ingredient of paper.
We also read that the ink may have had non-radioactive isotopes. Both the corn and the isotopes will leave signature characteristics even after shredding, so testing will allow the FBI to determine whether or not they used to be ballots. The person who commissioned the shredding will have trouble explaining the presence of those specific ballot components in the shreds.