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59 of 96 phones assigned to Mueller probe missing; GOP senators demand answers from DOJ
https://justthenews.com ^ | Updated: July 14, 2021 - 10:28pm | By Nicholas Sherman

Posted on 07/15/2021 6:38:11 AM PDT by Red Badger

Senators Grassley and Johnson want to know, among things, what the Justice Department has done to recover missing phones and whether phones were reviewed for evidence of leaks. ===================================================================================

Republican Sens. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin and Chuck Grassley of Iowa sent a letter to the Justice Department Wednesday asking for more information regarding missing phones used by Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team during the Russian collusion investigation.

The senators sent the letter after finding out the Justice Department "could not locate 59 of the 96 phones used by Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team," according to Grassley's website.

The two senators wrote to the DOJ's Office of the Inspector General in September 2020 regarding allegations that cell phones assigned to "multiple people on then-Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigative team were 'wiped' for various reasons during [the Russia investigation]."

In a response on May 11, 2021, the OIG reported that 59 of the 96 phones assigned the Special Counsel's Office were unaccounted for.

That report showed that in June 2019, the DOJ took possession of 79 of 96 phones that belonged to members of Muller's team to be reviewed for official records. The records included notes and text messages, which were then sent to DOJ or FBI email systems for preservation. However, not all the phones were subject to record preservation.

The two lawmakers are now following up with requests for further information including:

the names of SCO employees whose cell phones were not reviewed for official records

what, if any, actions are being taken by the DOJ to recover the 59 phones t

whether the DOJ reviewed the phones to ascertain "whether they were used to leak sensitive or classified information."


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1 posted on 07/15/2021 6:38:11 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

Arrest whoever had possession of the phone until they come up with the phone.


2 posted on 07/15/2021 6:40:32 AM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. (Psalm 33:12))
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To: Red Badger

They should have went after them earlier. Fat chance in hell thosee criminals will ever produce those phones now.


3 posted on 07/15/2021 6:40:33 AM PDT by dforest (huh)
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To: Red Badger

4 posted on 07/15/2021 6:41:33 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Red Badger

It’s only a coverup if it’s for the wrong ‘side’


5 posted on 07/15/2021 6:44:33 AM PDT by z3n
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To: Red Badger

John Durham is on the case, we will get the results in 2050, stay tuned......


6 posted on 07/15/2021 6:44:46 AM PDT by Beth2034
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Yawn…rat rules…


7 posted on 07/15/2021 6:44:56 AM PDT by TnTnTn
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To: dfwgator
Vulcan Termite and Pest Control

Okay, who's got the Ceti Eels...?

8 posted on 07/15/2021 6:45:35 AM PDT by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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To: dfwgator

Ricardo Montalban was a great actor................


9 posted on 07/15/2021 6:45:47 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Beth2034

I would be 95....................


10 posted on 07/15/2021 6:46:09 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

So long as the perpetrators are still breathing, missing phones are irrelevant


11 posted on 07/15/2021 6:47:01 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) Like BLM, Joe Biden is a Domestic Enemy )
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To: Red Badger

What’s great about that movie is you didn’t have to be a Star Trek fan to enjoy it.


12 posted on 07/15/2021 6:47:03 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Red Badger

the GOP is SCUM, hated by ALL America.

they did nothing.

they do nothing.

except support CCP.
support ELECTION THEFT.
support transferring American technology overseas for
THEIR profit.

The GOP gives scum a worse name.


13 posted on 07/15/2021 6:49:27 AM PDT by Diogenesis (Tuitio Fidei et Obsequium Pauperum)
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To: stars & stripes forever
Shirley, you jest....


14 posted on 07/15/2021 6:52:20 AM PDT by HotHunt
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To: Red Badger

15 posted on 07/15/2021 7:12:38 AM PDT by ArcadeQuarters (Socialism requires slavery.)
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To: Red Badger

Maybe they thought they could keep them ,LOL


16 posted on 07/15/2021 7:28:36 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: Red Badger

Anyone who still supports the Democrats has a criminal heart.


17 posted on 07/15/2021 7:29:46 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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To: Red Badger

It’s a big club, and you ain’t in it.


18 posted on 07/15/2021 7:31:03 AM PDT by RckyRaCoCo (Please Pray For My Brother Ken.)
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To: blueunicorn6

Very true.


19 posted on 07/15/2021 7:32:00 AM PDT by sport
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To: Red Badger

Right to our faces. And they dare us to do anything about it.

L


20 posted on 07/15/2021 7:32:30 AM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is. )
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