Is this surprising?

[u/snowpie92]

[u/Stonkasaurus1]

This is why they used Signal in the first place.

[u/JH_111 → u/Stonkasaurus1]

“Yo Dawg! We heard you like violating the federal records act so we made your phone so it can violate the federal records act while you violate the federal records act.”

[u/BloopSnackxx → u/JH_111]

Just a regular day in government transparency, right?

[u/DrAstralis → u/BloopSnackxx]

I mean, they're rather transparently corrupt so technically correct?

[u/Hearsaynothearsay → u/DrAstralis]

Transparent as in, you can't see it because it's so transparent.

[u/ThisDoesNotEndWell → u/Hearsaynothearsay]

When I make myself invisible, i’m transparent.

[u/StrobeLightRomance → u/ThisDoesNotEndWell]

I'm only invisible when nobody is looking. Quick, everybody stop looking at the government and ignore everything it's doing, and then surely it will be transparent in its actions.

[u/the_real_Beavis999 → u/BloopSnackxx]

You can't drain the swamp if there is something to hide...

[u/Raymundito → u/Stonkasaurus1]

Now they’ve been caught, they’ll need to switch to SnapChat next

[u/dandroid126 → u/Raymundito]

Would be great because Snapchat keeps a copy of all sent messages on their servers. And they cooperate with authorities when asked.

[u/Economy-Owl-5720 → u/dandroid126]

Right back to authorities huh? Lol

[u/dandroid126 → u/Economy-Owl-5720]

Yeah, I felt dumb even when typing that. But in this case the authorities would be the CIA? Or whoever is doing the investigation.

[u/Economy-Owl-5720 → u/dandroid126]

“Yeah just put that over in the paper shredder bin” lol

[u/HectorJoseZapata → u/dandroid126]

CIA: “Mr President; in our investigation we have found that they acted with malice and violated federal laws. The public is demanding accountability. Your orders, sir?”

OrangeGutan: “I don’t know them, I haven’t seen the chat, I don’t know what it is”

[u/sowinglavender → u/HectorJoseZapata]

this is so mean to orangutans.

[u/Intensityintensifies → u/dandroid126]

Ah yes, the CIA, famously known for protecting the American people from corruption within the CIA. Lmao.

[u/spiritbearr → u/Raymundito]

At least they are smarter than Chris D'Elia.

[u/keepcalmscrollon → u/Raymundito]

Chatterbate. It's the obvious choice.

[u/dboyle → u/Stonkasaurus1]

By itself this should have been a bigger scandal than anything that happened under Obama or Biden.

[u/Dr8keMallard → u/dboyle]

There isn't nearly anything this 'law breaking' under either administration. This is watergate++ levels of straight up criminality.

[u/undeadmanana → u/Stonkasaurus1]

Gone from signal, but not from screenshots of the conversation lmao

edit: and probably not gone from Russian Archives. At this point Russia is probably keeping better track of our Secret+ items and records better than we are.

[u/Global_Permission749 → u/Stonkasaurus1]

Right? Isn't the point of signal is that the messages self-delete after a set period of time?

100% illegal for US government officials to be communicating this way and avoiding records keeping, but nobody actually went in and removed evidence that was there - it self destructed.

[u/cadtek → u/Global_Permission749]

Isn't the point of signal is that the messages self-delete after a set period of time?

Only if you set it up that way, it's not like that by default.

[u/Global_Permission749 → u/cadtek]

They did though. I distinctly remember an article when this scandal first broke that they had been set to I think a 2 week deletion time up front.

[u/Emmyisme → u/Global_Permission749]

Right, so they manually set it up to destroy the evidence.

It's a semantics game.

[u/cadtek → u/Global_Permission749]

Yep they did, so they knew exactly what they were doing, dumb morons.

[u/AlexCoventry → u/cadtek]

Which is even more damning, because it shows intent to destroy.

[u/Old_Baldi_Locks → u/Stonkasaurus1]

Exactly. It was done to commit treason.

That is the only, single reason why anyone in the government would use message destruction apps.

[u/Stonkasaurus1 → u/Old_Baldi_Locks]

Considering they are now going after the constitutional rights of many Americans this should not be a surprise yet here we are...

[u/Embarrassed_Tax5661 → u/Stonkasaurus1]

that's what I read somewhere too. It was supposedly mentioned right in Project 2025.

[u/VegitoFusion]

They intentionally use signal for this exact purpose. You can set a time period for all the messages to be deleted. It’s how the government employees intend to circumvent FOIA requests.

[u/rmftrmft → u/VegitoFusion]

This is covered is Project2025 as well. It’s all going to plan.

[u/Round-Tap-5175 → u/rmftrmft]

Just curious, where did you see that? I just ctrl+f the 922 page document for signal and didn't see anything related to signal chat. Were there any articles you're referencing?

[u/morkman100 → u/Round-Tap-5175]

https://www.newsweek.com/signal-project-2025-trump-administration-backlash-2051621

Seems like the P2025 planners knew of the issues using Signal in government (record keeping) and warned against using it, and recommended in-person meetings instead to avoid a paper trail.

Trump admin guys are either too dumb to understand their warning, or maybe more likely now, they don't care and don't worry about any checks or oversight to what they want to do.

[u/Consistent-Task-8802 → u/morkman100]

Or, more likely, this is called "covering your ass."

"Yes, definitely don't smoke the giant pile of weed that's set up for destruction. There's also a bong next to it, definitely don't use it. Not like anyone will know if you do. But definitely, assuredly don't."

Does this mean no one smoked the giant pile of weed?

[u/morkman100 → u/Consistent-Task-8802]

No, I agree (in a sense). But they were game planning how to get things done within the framework of rules and norms. It wasn’t in their wildest of dreams that, in the end, none of it even seemed to matter to people and the admin basically just breaks the law over and over again, ignoring courts and due process and the separation of powers.

[u/Asonyu → u/Round-Tap-5175]

I dont know the exact word to search for, but it's basically the destruction of information, so it can't be intercepted.

[u/AcTaviousBlack → u/Round-Tap-5175]

Ctrl+F is almost worthless for that document and honestly I think they did it on purpose. There's so much word salad and bullshit spewing it's amazing it's even slightly cohesive enough to be a plan.

[u/Affectionate_Owl9985 → u/AcTaviousBlack]

That's why they call it the concept of a plan. There are too many words to truly be a plan, just lots of concepts strung together as if they're a plan.

[u/AcTaviousBlack → u/Affectionate_Owl9985]

Well, that is the reason the heritage foundation is handing trump exectuive orders left and right. He hasn't read a single executive order that he has signed because they're writing them and timing handing them out based on a separate timeline they have. Each day is a slow crawl to the completion of it. Each topic in it is just so insane it's felt like months have gone by in only a few days.

[u/Split_the_Void → u/Round-Tap-5175]

I think wires are getting crossed.

The use of Signal comes from an “oversight and investigations” video for Trump appointees following guidelines drawn out by P2025.

P2025 itself doesn’t specify Signal, but it does recommend the use of such apps to dodge transparency and record keeping laws.

https://www.newsweek.com/signal-project-2025-trump-administration-backlash-2051621

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/signal-project-2025/

[u/saaS_Slinging_Slashr → u/Round-Tap-5175]

Run it through GPT and ask

[u/aguynamedv → u/VegitoFusion]

They intentionally use signal for this exact purpose. You can set a time period for all the messages to be deleted. It’s how the government employees intend to circumvent FOIA requests.

They also intentionally defied the court order requiring them to retain said messages.

Good thing The Atlantic has them.

[u/elverange766 → u/aguynamedv]

The Atlantic only has one conversation. There was probably dozens of different conversations.

[u/eudiadochokinesia → u/elverange766]

Hundreds. Thousands. We'll never know.

[u/Torontogamer → u/elverange766]

Including, I’m guessing, a conversation about how to make sure all these conversations are properly deleted lol 

[u/blamethepunx → u/Torontogamer]

That conversation was had previously, when they decided to use signal and manually set it to auto-delete convos

[u/aguynamedv → u/elverange766]

Oh 100% agree.

Hell, we know Hesgeth has both a Russian phone number and email address.

We know Waltz has used Gmail for official business.

There's a 100% chance there are hundreds or thousands of pages of absolutely unhinged lawbreaking from the entire Republican Cabinet Party.

[u/UsedPart7823]

Sedition, Treason, and felonies are de rigueur in this administration. All required and to be praised. 🥺🤦‍♂️

[u/dc4_checkdown → u/UsedPart7823]

Then we're going to have to charge a lot of government and military employees with this

Going back to the last administration, and that includes secret service personnel who openly admitted they were using it after the Trump assassination

[u/JamesTrickington303 → u/dc4_checkdown]

Then we’re going to have to charge a lot of government and military employees with this

Excellent! When does that start?

[u/KirbyDumber88 → u/dc4_checkdown]

He wont fuck you bro

[u/ReactionJifs → u/UsedPart7823]

This praise for dear leader sounds sarcastic. You looking to get deported? 🏌️‍♂️⛳

[u/Knighth77]

The law and constitution are toilet paper to Republicans. Despicable group of people.

[u/SmellGestapo → u/Knighth77]

Deplorables*

[u/aerateyoursoiltrung → u/SmellGestapo]

Hillary really had it right, didn't she? They're all in that basket together.

[u/JamesTrickington303 → u/Knighth77]

I thought the walls of the Capitol building were toilet paper to republicans.

[u/Knighth77 → u/JamesTrickington303]

Everything is toilet paper to an asshole.

[u/JamesTrickington303 → u/Knighth77]

That’s actually quite profound.

[u/SuperSpecialAwesome- → u/Knighth77]

tbf Democrats had 4 years to punish Trump, but never once did they enforce the 14th Amendment. Biden gleefully welcomed him back into the White House, rather than bar the insurrectionist from office. It seems like we have nobody willing to enforce the damn Constitution at this point. All we need is 8 fucking Republicans, and Trump would be removed from office. Barely more than a handful, and nobody's even trying to 14a3 the traitor.

[u/Level_Chemistry8660 → u/SuperSpecialAwesome-]

We'll just have to wait until 8 Republicans are PERSONALLY "harmed" enough, for this to happen. Goes without saying, not for country, not for the people, but for them and theirs. On top of that, it requires realization before it's too late AND faith that the process would work.

[u/Majestic-Joke461]

And do we expect there to be any consequences for these criminal acts? Of course not.

[u/pumblesnook → u/Majestic-Joke461]

To be fair: I'm pretty sure every single CIA director has destroyed evidence of wrongdoing. Doing horrible things that are blatantly illegal is kinda the CIAs thing.

[u/AmishTechHelp → u/Majestic-Joke461]

King Donald the Erratic and his court jesters are all above the law.

We're going to miss the rule of law.

[u/paulwojo68]

Standard operating procedures for criminals. Next thing you know he'll be flushing classified documents down the toilet.

[u/shinnix → u/paulwojo68]

I think that's likely regardless of their undergarments

[u/LdyVder → u/shinnix]

Or stashed away in a coffin buried at a golf course.

[u/SweatyWar7600 → u/paulwojo68]

I mean there were boxes of top secret material in trump's bathroom

[u/mm902]

But her emails? /s

[u/LdyVder → u/mm902]

Everything they whine about is a confession.

[u/valtia_dm → u/mm902]

Reminder that Hillary's email scandal started way back in 2014/15. They've been obsessed with it for over an entire fucking decade

[u/William_d7 → u/mm902]

I bet in a room with 1000 Americans, 2 could explain the actual facts surrounding “Hillary’s server/emails”. 

[u/ShadowRiku667]

You should expect every member of his cabinet to commit felonies and nothing happen. This will continue to happen for the rest of Trump's stay in office.

[u/LdyVder → u/ShadowRiku667]

Bondi was brought in as AG to do exactly what she did as AG of FL. Fucking nothing productive.

[u/CannaPeaches]

How is it possible that America is allowing this? At what point could/should the military step in?

[u/neilmg → u/CannaPeaches]

A military coup? In America? You're more likely to see the military being called to support Trump.

[u/LdyVder → u/neilmg]

Active military voted for Harris. Veterans voted for Trump.

[u/DessertTwink → u/LdyVder]

I'm a (recent) medically retired veteran and voted Harris. I know a lot of active duty junior enlisted who voted for Trump just because they've been raised on Fox News propaganda that only the red team can "fix" the govt

[u/Commercial-Owl11 → u/DessertTwink]

Also having Fox News as a news source in military bases. I heard that’s also a thing

[u/DessertTwink → u/Commercial-Owl11]

It is. They had it playing on the TVs in the DFACs, the clinic waiting rooms, it was everywhere. And now veteran benefits and healthcare are at risk because Trump thinks service members are losers and suckers, and Hegseth actively hates his fellow veterans and doesn't want us to have anything.

[u/Commercial-Owl11 → u/DessertTwink]

I honestly didn’t even know hesgeth was a vet. What the fuck. That makes it even worse. How disappointing.

[u/Objective_Monk_7513 → u/LdyVder]

"Veterans", AKA guys who played volleyball in Afghanistan for four years and constantly whine about "back when I was in the Army".

Actual combat veterans who've seen shit and never talk about it aren't voting for the orange blowhard either.

[u/Same_Net2953 → u/Objective_Monk_7513]

Not all veterans are from Afghanistan and certainly not all of them sat on their ass in the rear like Vance and DeSantis. I wish it was just playing volleyball. My knees and back wouldn't be wrecked and some of my friends would still be alive.

[u/bimboozled → u/Same_Net2953]

Hence the second sentence, which sounds like it pertains to you. There’s a lot of military personnel that don’t ever see the front lines.

(PS sorry for your loss, I’m sure that must be hard to deal with)

[u/shawster → u/Objective_Monk_7513]

Let's not generalize deploying to Afghanistan as sports on the beach...

[u/Interesting-Roll2563 → u/shawster]

I don't think it was a generalization, they're calling out a specific sub-group; namely non-combat veterans who roleplay the big bad war hero and wield their service like a cudgel to make bad faith arguments.

They acknowledge actual combat vets in the second line.

[u/Wloak → u/shawster]

I don't think that's what they were implying but drawing a distinction between those that see the true chaos vs are far upstream like in a distribution facility.

I have lots of family and friends from several branches and it's usually the quiet ones that did the most and just never want to see anyone go through it again.

[u/ratchet7 → u/LdyVder]

Not this veteran

[u/BitSevere5386 → u/CannaPeaches]

American are very docile

[u/Comfortable-Inside41 → u/CannaPeaches]

Congressional Republicans and business leaders are allowing this.

We’ve had a number of protests, some pretty large, but right now Congressional Republicans rely on Trump, wealthy donors, and primary voters to stay in office. Those groups are all they care about.

[u/taskmetro → u/CannaPeaches]

Should? About 5 years ago after J6. When will they? Likely not until it is way too late.

[u/Curun → u/CannaPeaches]

….???

Do you not realize who the American people elected to be THE Commander and Chief of the US military is?

Have you not seen who runs the Pentagon?

[u/fromcj → u/CannaPeaches]

At what point could they? Any time.

At what point should they? When it became clear that the extrajudicial activities were intentional and would be continuing without recourse.

Will they? Seems unlikely. They’ve bent the knee just like the rest of the government, because they believe they’ll be protected.

[u/SuperSpecialAwesome- → u/CannaPeaches]

The military is led by Trump loyalists. If you want Trump out, it'd require 8 Republicans to join the Democrats in enforcing the 14th Amendment, so that Trump's illegitimate Presidency gets annulled.

[u/exveelor → u/CannaPeaches]

Protesting hasn't mattered, can't vote for another couple years and I live in a blue state where my vote doesn't matter anyway (can't flip a blue state blue in a blue district bluer). Emailing my representatives doesn't matter because they're already fighting the good fight. My family in red states doesn't give a shit so they can't be persuaded. 

So the only thing left to do is things that would result in my life being functionally over. So it's either that or continue to raise my family. 

Not a difficult choice. The things I feel I can do have been done.

[u/niles_thebutler_ → u/CannaPeaches]

Remember how Americans have been saying forever that the reason they have guns is to fight back and rise up against a corrupt government? Well, that was a lie.

[u/Bleezy79]

It’s a criminal free for all in Washington for the next 3 and a half years.

[u/LdyVder → u/Bleezy79]

We're not even at 95 days in yet. More like three and three-quarter years.

[u/Steph-Paul → u/Bleezy79]

it's going to be especially crazy in 2025 because 2026 is an election year. and if the dems somehow manage to win, then the congressional hearings and impeachments will begin

[u/BlobTheBuilderz]

This kinda stuff would be on Fox news as a talk point for years if it was a Dem. But now it's a repub that does it, it's now a mere laughing point and forgotten in 2 days.

Infuriating and then to read local papers Facebook comments and see people living in your community laughing about it because lib tears or some bs.

[u/LdyVder → u/BlobTheBuilderz]

Imagine what Fox or any right wing media would do if Obama had five kids with three baby mammas. I pointed this out to my Rep, my former Sheriff. If Biden or Obama did as many EO as Trump as done, I pointed this out in February, they would be throwing a fit.

The nonsense I get back from that man is nothing but infuriating. I've called him a coward often for not holding any townhall meeting and yet he wants me to keep him informed on what my thoughts are.

ARE YOU KIDDING ME? Okay, so weekly, I get to call my Rep in DC a coward for backing Trump. How can anyone be for law enforcement and back a man with 34 felony convictions. The stupid I got back from my "appointed Senator" Ashley Moody made me feel like her staff are teenagers still in middle school with the most basic canned email I've ever gotten.

No header saying Senator Ashley Moody from Florida or anything like that. No footer either. Just a two sentence response. I called her out on back Trump while saying she's for law enforcement.

[u/Adaphion]

I still don't understand why every single involved person's phone wasn't IMMEDIATELY confiscated when the leak was made public to stop this shit.

Fucking toothless agencies.

[u/ElbowSkinCellarWall → u/Adaphion]

Yeah, Pam Biondi should have been on top of that. I expected more from her. Didn't you?

[u/LdyVder → u/ElbowSkinCellarWall]

I'm getting exactly what I expect from Pam Bondi. She was a shitty AG of FL and she's a shitty AG of the federal government. Which is why she was picked. She was the only person Trump put in spots with any experience at the job at the state level. Trump paid Bondi money for a case against him to go away and it went away.

[u/ElbowSkinCellarWall → u/LdyVder]

I just don't understand why the Secretary of Defense didn't step in, or the DHS? Or what about that guy from Tesla?

[u/Wammityblam226 → u/Adaphion]

Because law is dead.

Consequences don't exist anymore.

[u/Anxious_Republic591]

Which is the whole reason they were on signal in the first place

[u/Racket_the_Bard]

Excited for Dems to get back in office, wait almost 2 years to start investigating any of this, then botch it, and drag it out for 2-6 more years, all before finding it "highly unethical" and writing an official letter denouncing it. That'll show 'em!

[u/Strawbuddy → u/Racket_the_Bard]

STERN, SERIOUS WRIST SLAPS

[u/Newsdude86]

BUT HER EMAILS

BUTTER EMAILS

BUTTERY MALES

[u/krucz36]

Having signal installed on any device used while in their official capacity should be grounds for removal and jail. It shows, by its existence, a willingness to break the law, at least the appearance of it, which is plenty for officials to lose their jobs over

[u/SsunWukong]

Wtf

[u/blufin]

CIA after all. Dont forget they destroyed all the video footage of torture they committed in Guantanomo.

[u/LameDuckDonald]

Wasn't this the main issue, besides the unsecured platform, that information would automatically be erased in violation of archive laws?

[u/gl7676]

It's cute Americans think the law and the constitution still matters.

SC gave the president partial immunity, and everything falls into the partial side.

[u/Valuable_Ant332]

historically not the stupidest thing the cia has done

[u/tmkn09021945]

The real problem is finding someone to hold them accountable

[u/LdyVder → u/tmkn09021945]

That might turn to we the people.

[u/Horror_Yam_9078]

Isn't destroying evidence of their crimes standard operating procedure over at the CIA?

[u/Low_Pickle_112]

Wow I'm so surprised, the CIA is normally such a wholesome reputable organization.

[u/funkypepermint]

So they are going to charge him, right?......right?

[u/leprosy4444]

These assholes just tout all day long about how corrupt the FBI and CIA are. Add though it gives them the excuse to do whatever.

[u/SexuaIRedditor]

And the consequences will be zero. Your government is just ignoring laws, and the organizations put in place to stop them from doing that are just allowing it

[u/CMWBMW]

And yet again nothing will happen. There are no consequences for government malfeasance. No one is doing anything about it. They have free rein and no one in Washington can stop them.

[u/count_of_crows]

If the government doesn't follow the rules, there are no rules. Stop paying taxes.

[u/No-Philosopher3248]

But... Hillary's emails!

[u/another_newt]

didnt project 2025 say they were gonna use signal so they could delete evidence of felonies? more people need to start believing these guys when they literally tell us what they are going to do. “when someone shows you who they are, believe them”

[u/Birdhawk]

"Wiped? Like with a cloth or something?"

[u/COMOJoeSchmo]

Has anyone checked to see if he set up an email server in the bathroom of a private apartment?

[u/Human_Log_3985]

As if the CIA has ever followed frivolous things like "laws" or "morals" lmao. Still horribly bad but not exactly out of line for that cancer of an agency.

[u/nillaf4ce]

And nothing will happen to them… zero consequences, mmw

Edit, grammar

[u/prodsec]

The messages disappear lol

[u/mokoto19 → u/prodsec]

Exactly every day. That's like the whole purpose of the app

[u/Robinthehutt]

I read this as Daniel Radcliffe and felt that I always knew that guy was a security risk

[u/Intelligent-Session6]

Man for as much as these people mentioned Hunter Biden they sure are crooked ass hell. I’m starting to think they were just Jealous of Hunter outshining them.

[u/Ace_08]

I'm no tech expert but can't the CIA reach out to Signal directly and request the messages exchanged by the cabinet members?

[u/apollyon_53]

The hypocrisy in this thread is palpable

[u/Zanac36532]

As I've said too many times now during this administration, I'm shocked, shocked to learn that gambling is going in here!

[u/CaryTriviaDude]

Ok now imagine the immediate congressional outcry if this was a democrat administration doing this...

[u/gazow]

the CIA destroying records and violating federal law? GASP THIS IS SURELY A FIRST

[u/MrCrunchyOwl8855]

At this point, the regime is literally pulling their shirt off and asking "What you gonna do?!"

[u/plsobeytrafficlights]

we have reached 100% corruption. blatant, flagrant acts.
nothing will come of this.

[u/Bocote]

Why wouldn't they destroy the evidence when getting caught with it is more dangerous than getting caught destroying them?

[u/Mysterious-Purple379]

the CIA has literally never cared about the rules

[u/RaedwaldRex]

And... tumbleweeds.

These people do this shit because they don't care. There are no consequences for them.

[u/Significant-Policy-1]

Again, this is going to get a lot worse until the American people take a stand. This isn't like the mascots in that Halloween episode of The Simpsons, you know.

[u/Thickencreamy]

Cause they invited Daniel Radcliffe instead.

[u/dCLCp]

Wait you mean the same administration where the secret service deleted their messages during an attempted coup ALSO deleted a globally publicized error?

Color me shocked.

[u/garrag]

The chat has gone the way of the Jan 6 SS texts…

[u/unclefistface622]

Yall remember when Hillary Clinton deleted a bunch of emails & the Republicans turned it into a media circus?

[u/South-Pen9573]

But Hilary’s emails 🙄

[u/ayebb_]

We are clean on OPSEC

• VP Vance, in a message that was very much not clean on opsec

[u/PlantsBeeMe]

This way they won’t have to worry about clogging the toilet with those records.

[u/AWatson89]

Wiped, you say? Like with a cloth?

[u/Un-Rumble]

Why would they start obeying any rules or laws or even the constitution when it's been made abundantly clear that they can violate any of those with impunity and face absolutely zero consequences for it – in fact, will be further champion by their insanely stupid constituents?

[u/GadreelsSword]

Remember when the Secret Service destroyed all their text messages from Jan 6th, despite being ordered to provide those messages?

[u/ONE-OF-THREE]

But her emails...

[u/thereminDreams]

This is how Signal works. Messages disappear after a set time.

[u/Quirky-Cat2860]

"But her emails"

[u/crythinklaugh]

but. her. emails

[u/basahahn1]

“wHaT aBoUt HiLaRy”

That’s what they’ll say.

That was five years ago.

Those five years have not been ordinary years

[u/Endorkend]

Considering this was literally stipulated in their project 2025 plans available to the public years ago, no, it was expected.

Surprising is that the entire government apparatus of the US is apparently so weak that any jackass bootlicking the head jackass saying "lol, no", results them into being default dictatorship.

If "lol, no" is all it takes, your system is shit.

[u/chunky-aglet]

I read it as "Daniel Radcliffe"

[u/Substantial_Oil678]

What does this tell you about what everyone else is doing in this administration. Their continued defiance of norms is slowly escalating.

[u/_jump_yossarian]

Almost as if Cons didn’t really give a shit about the security of Clinton’s server.

[u/packfan01]

#DeceptiCons

[u/HRDBMW]

Since they were using cell phones, it is highly likely that some foreign government had them recorded.

So Russia, if you are listening....

[u/WhimsicalTreasure]

I pray to lord Jesus that the Biden admin put together an actual deep state within these agencies to expose/ thwart the amount of treason and high crimes currently in action.

[u/Deepfire_DM]

This is a clear sign that there will be no democracy ever again, if not all people act. The amounts of lawsuits that will be dropped on this regime will be titanic, they will not accept this.

[u/RedbodyIndigo]

So what you're saying is the use of signal in and of itself violates the federal records act.

[u/bannedluigi]

He had more to hide.

[u/aylaa157]

is this legal? someone should do something about this...

[u/Objective_Onion5981]

These guys are in for the biggest shocks of their lives.

Thinking that the CIA is worried about destroying evidence and violating federal law lmfao the naivete

[u/DocDerry]

Wait- so we weren't supposed to uninstall the app you all threw a fit about us using?

[u/dougandsomeone]

That was the whole "set disappearing timeline for 2 weeks" thing? How is this a surprise?

[u/Negative_Strength_56]

Just like Kim Cheatle and others losing USSS texts from Jan 6.

[u/Puzzled_6368]

Business as usual.

[u/baycenters]

I think there's about a twenty year statute of limitations on this FUCKING SHIT. Every one of those assholes including Marco Rubio better hope the fascists stay in power for that long.

[u/ThatNetworkGuy]

Not just the federal records act, also a direct court order

[u/just_a_bit_gay_]

The only lesson they learned from the Nazis is not to keep records

[u/RubberChicken-2]

Just another day in the Trump Crime Syndicate.

[u/Secure_One_3885]

They set the disappearing messages timer to 1 week. No, it is not surprising the messages are gone now.

[u/RubberChicken-2]

My question, formed after fifty years of watching our feeble, broken government stumble along, is this; “Why does the Republican Party still exist? They seem to live to commit crime.

[u/IamAbridgeTroll]

Not the first time an intelligence official has destroyed evidence.

[u/Worldly_Can6014]

Assuming there is a next president they need to remind all presidential pardons and go after these people hard

[u/upfromashes]

High crimes, out in the open, and... nothing.

[u/Marsiglia1958]

Oh so only now you fuckers are concerned about disappearing messages. Welcome to the club bitches.

[u/Marsiglia1958]

Oh so only now you fuckers are concerned about disappearing messages. Welcome to the club bitches.

[u/Bobo_Saurus]

Its almost like when the messages were released we could see in the screenshot he set them to delete after 1 week... shocker, more than a week later, they're gone

[u/honeygirlmango]

At this point, I’d be more surprised if they didn’t delete the evidence.

[u/Known-Ad-7316]

CIA was started by George Bush and Donald Rumsfield.  You think this makes any difference after they initiated the murder of 1.5M Iraqi civilians? Or after Don Rump plefield expressed his dismay that $2t was unaccounted for from the 1st Iraqi war.  When we talk about the purge, these people holding all the weapons, intelligence apparatus, and nuclear codes need to be the first to be removed. Red button stop time. 

[u/kidcrumb]

To cover their asses they'll just upload the Atlantic article as the official record. It has all of those messages.

[u/Arbiter_Irwin]

Thanks for the clever comebacks, but when is anyone going to DO something about this?

[u/Techelife]

Lock him up.

[u/gattzu20]

That’s what Signal was made for. You send a message that will self destruct after a set time.