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The January 6th House committee is preparing to request the trove of Alex Jones’s text messages and emails revealed Wednesday in a defamation lawsuit filed by victims of the Sandy Hook massacre, Rolling Stone has learned.
On Wednesday, Sandy Hook victims’ attorney Mark Bankston told Jones that his attorney had mistakenly sent Bankston three years worth of the conspiracy theorist’s emails and text messages copied from his phone.
Now — a source familiar with the matter and another person briefed on it tell Rolling Stone — the January 6th committee is preparing to request that data from the plaintiff attorneys in order to aid its investigation of the insurrection. These internal deliberations among the committee, which is probing former President Donald Trump’s role in causing the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot, began within minutes of the lawyer’s revelation being heard on the trial’s livestream on Wednesday afternoon.
From the article:Kendra wrote: ↑Wed Aug 03, 2022 3:09 pm Well then, Alex's day just keeps getting worse
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The January 6th House committee is preparing to request the trove of Alex Jones’s text messages and emails revealed Wednesday in a defamation lawsuit filed by victims of the Sandy Hook massacre, Rolling Stone has learned.
On Wednesday, Sandy Hook victims’ attorney Mark Bankston told Jones that his attorney had mistakenly sent Bankston three years worth of the conspiracy theorist’s emails and text messages copied from his phone.
Now — a source familiar with the matter and another person briefed on it tell Rolling Stone — the January 6th committee is preparing to request that data from the plaintiff attorneys in order to aid its investigation of the insurrection. These internal deliberations among the committee, which is probing former President Donald Trump’s role in causing the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot, began within minutes of the lawyer’s revelation being heard on the trial’s livestream on Wednesday afternoon.
If Jones' attorney had tried to claw it back Bankston would have had to return it all and keep his mouth shut. Sucks to be Jones' attorney.The documents were turned over after Jones’ attorney “did not take any steps to identify it as privileged or protected in any way and as of two days ago it fell free and clear into my possession,” Bankston told Jones in court Wednesday. “That is how I know you lied to me.”
In the Alex Jones thread it was explained that Bankston notified Jones' attorney and waited the regular time (like 12 days?) for the sender to request stuff be returned. Eternal silence.Maybenaut wrote: ↑Wed Aug 03, 2022 3:26 pm
From the article:
If Jones' attorney had tried to claw it back Bankston would have had to return it all and keep his mouth shut. Sucks to be Jones' attorney.The documents were turned over after Jones’ attorney “did not take any steps to identify it as privileged or protected in any way and as of two days ago it fell free and clear into my possession,” Bankston told Jones in court Wednesday. “That is how I know you lied to me.”
Same here. This might be mitigation for any sanctions the judge might order for failure to provide discovery. Too, also, maybe he's hoping the judge won't refer him for disciplinary proceedings. Also, too, the texts may not be "privileged" if they were properly requested in discovery.
Do read. Wow.The Homeland Security watchdog now under scrutiny for his handling of deleted Secret Service text messages from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol previously was accused of misleading federal investigators and running “afoul” of ethics regulations while he was in charge of a Justice Department inspector general field office in Tucson, according to a newly disclosed government report.
In the 2013 report from the Justice Department’s inspector general, which was never publicly released, investigators said they did “not believe” Joseph V. Cuffari’s explanation for why he failed to inform his supervisors — against federal rules — about his testimony in a lawsuit brought by a federal prisoner.
Separately, they found that Cuffari broke ethics rules by referring law firms to the prisoner’s family, including firms where some of his close friends worked. “We concluded Cuffari’s actions violated the [inspector general] manual’s prohibition on unethical conduct,” said the report, which also noted that he may have violated guidelines by using his government email to lobby for a position as inspector general for the Arizona National Guard, among other issues.
Rep Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) tells
@juliemason
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the Jan 6 committee still wants to talk to Alex Jones. “His advocacy of violence… quite clearly played a role on the 6th. We’d like to know more about it”
Scoop: Doug Mastriano is threatening to pull out of a scheduled interview with the Jan. 6 committee, teeing up a potential court fight
The committee can now determine which agents' call records they may want to review and, if they decide to do so, could either request records from the agents directly or conceivably issue subpoenas to their cell phone providers, an official familiar with the situation explained.
MORE: Secret Service deleted texts from Jan. 5 and 6, 2021, after watchdog sought records
The Secret Service and Department of Homeland Security, which oversees the agency, have faced criticism in recent weeks for wiping text messages belonging to agents on and around Jan. 6, 2021. Congressional Democrats have accused the Homeland Security inspector general of abandoning efforts to collect text and phone records from that day.
Seeking and obtaining information from personal devices from federal workers is a "highly unusual" step by the committee, according to Don Mihalek, a retired senior Secret Service agent, and could reflect a renewed effort by the agency to further demonstrate its cooperation with congressional investigators.
Personal devices, like bring-your-own, or personal like government issued to a federal worker? If used for government business the record retention requirements are to be followed on both kind.Kendra wrote: ↑Sat Aug 06, 2022 7:30 pm https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics ... r-AA10nQis?
Seeking and obtaining information from personal devices from federal workers is a "highly unusual" step by the committee, according to Don Mihalek, a retired senior Secret Service agent, and could reflect a renewed effort by the agency to further demonstrate its cooperation with congressional investigators.
Even if BYOD, I can say that at least one federal agency has specific policies about what happens if we use personal devices to send or receive work-related emails. I can only imagine others do likewise since it's intended for compliance with laws on records retention and destruction.RTH10260 wrote: ↑Sun Aug 07, 2022 12:24 amPersonal devices, like bring-your-own, or personal like government issued to a federal worker? If used for government business the record retention requirements are to be followed on both kind.Kendra wrote: ↑Sat Aug 06, 2022 7:30 pm https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics ... r-AA10nQis?
Seeking and obtaining information from personal devices from federal workers is a "highly unusual" step by the committee, according to Don Mihalek, a retired senior Secret Service agent, and could reflect a renewed effort by the agency to further demonstrate its cooperation with congressional investigators.
.Doug Mastriano, who was on the restricted grounds of the Capitol on Jan. 6, is set to appear for a virtual deposition with the Jan. 6 Committee on Tuesday, his attorney confirms
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