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House Intel Republicans repeatedly shut down minority motions to subpoena Stone's communications. The prosecutor now confirms that this lack of action resulted in the permanent disappearance of some of Stone's communications.
"Some evidence of Stone's activities are gone forever, including text messages he sent in 2017."
Whether by automatic or deliberate deletion, Congress and the prosecutors were unable to review that evidence. As the report mentions, multiple Trump associates deleted relevant communications. It is now confirmed that Stone was one of them. Steve Bannon and Erik Prince also deleted communications. Both gave contradictory statements to prosecutors about whether or not Bannon had advance knowledge of Prince's Seychelles meetings with George Nader and the head of a Russian sovereign investment fund.
Some messages around the time of those meetings were missing from both of their devices, and neither were able to explain why they were missing. Thus Mueller was unable to prove which one was lying. Prince was the one who said Bannon had advance knowledge so Bannon was the obvious liar in that situation.
https://www.politico.com/news/2019/...roger-stone-russia-report-not-accurate-070720
Feds’ closing argument: Roger Stone made the House Russia report ‘not accurate’
Prosecutors also implied that Stone’s misdirection caused special counsel Robert Mueller to potentially lose out on key evidence.
"Some evidence of Stone's activities are gone forever, including text messages he sent in 2017."
Whether by automatic or deliberate deletion, Congress and the prosecutors were unable to review that evidence. As the report mentions, multiple Trump associates deleted relevant communications. It is now confirmed that Stone was one of them. Steve Bannon and Erik Prince also deleted communications. Both gave contradictory statements to prosecutors about whether or not Bannon had advance knowledge of Prince's Seychelles meetings with George Nader and the head of a Russian sovereign investment fund.
Some messages around the time of those meetings were missing from both of their devices, and neither were able to explain why they were missing. Thus Mueller was unable to prove which one was lying. Prince was the one who said Bannon had advance knowledge so Bannon was the obvious liar in that situation.
https://www.politico.com/news/2019/...roger-stone-russia-report-not-accurate-070720
Feds’ closing argument: Roger Stone made the House Russia report ‘not accurate’
Prosecutors also implied that Stone’s misdirection caused special counsel Robert Mueller to potentially lose out on key evidence.