House Jan. 6 Committee deleted more than 100 encrypted files days before GOP took majority

[Hardcore troubadour 14,935]

11 minutes ago, The Real timschochet said:

What info is being covered up? 
 

I can’t fathom that there is anything that would exonerate Trump or any of the insurrectionists/rioters/oops I mean hostages. 

Well that settles it then.  Thanks. 

[jonmx 2,424]

2 minutes ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

Well that settles it then.  Thanks. 

 

Tim can't fathom anything the bootlicker media does not tell him.  

[squistion 1,952]

48 minutes ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

Destroying evidence isn’t a crime? What if someone on trial wanted access to it? Fock em and their fair trial, right? You are a bootLicker. 

Evidence of what?

[seafoam1 2,803]

5 minutes ago, jonmx said:

 

Tim can't fathom anything the bootlicker media does not tell him.  

This is the #1 problem facing this country. There are a lot of Tim's out there. It's sad. 

[Hardcore troubadour 14,935]

15 minutes ago, jonmx said:

 

Tim can't fathom anything the bootlicker media does not tell him.  

I tell ya, of all things that’s said about them, cucks, Libtards etc, BootLicker really describes them best. Maybe shitt eaters too. They’ll eat any shitt that’s thrown their way. Any. 

[Hardcore troubadour 14,935]

12 minutes ago, squistion said:

Evidence of what?

You’re so Fockin stupid I’m surprised you can tie your own shoes. You probably have Velcro sneakers. And a helmet. 

[squistion 1,952]

1 hour ago, Reality said:

Every take you have is incredibly stupid, it's pretty stunning how consistent you are.

Thanks! 

[IGotWorms 4,057]

1 hour ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

Well people are being tried on what happened. I guess you would be ok with cops destroying their interview records in a case for someone you were defending? 

Really doesn’t have anything to do with the criminal prosecutions — that’s a whole different thing

[IGotWorms 4,057]

49 minutes ago, Reality said:

Recovered yes but, the encrypted files are still password protected. They'll need those passwords to actually view the encrypted files. Hopefully that happens ASAP. 

This was a pretty stupid move by the Democrats, people will go ahead and assume the absolute worst.

Yep, I agree. Dumb move, and likely illegal

[Fnord 2,051]

59 minutes ago, Reality said:

This was a pretty stupid move by the Democrats, people will go ahead and assume the absolute worst.

To be fair, this is the R default opinion of anyone that is politically left of Attila the Hun.

[squistion 1,952]

1 hour ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

You’re so Fockin stupid I’m surprised you can tie your own shoes. You probably have Velcro sneakers. And a helmet. 

Thanks! 

[jonmx 2,424]

2 hours ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

I tell ya, of all things that’s said about them, cucks, Libtards etc, BootLicker really describes them best. Maybe shitt eaters too. They’ll eat any shitt that’s thrown their way. Any. 

It really does.  It is stupid to dignify the media with the title of mainstream media, because all the media does is bootlick for corrupt elitists in the corporate world and government.  It is the bootlicking media and their followers are fellow bootlickers.   

[jonmx 2,424]

1 hour ago, IGotWorms said:

Really doesn’t have anything to do with the criminal prosecutions — that’s a whole different thing

Sure it does.   If the evidence shows that the DNC, FBI and Capitol Police colluded to setup protestors on Januarry 6th, it is entrapment.   Much like the Whitmer kidnapping case.  

[zsasz 361]

5 hours ago, seafoam1 said:

How much video tape around the capital on that day was ever put out to the media?

And the liberals don't want anyone to see certain documents. I wonder why. 

 

The former House Select Committee on Jan. 6 deleted more than 100 encrypted files from its probe just days before Republicans took over the majority in the House of Representatives, Fox News Digital has learned.

The House Administration Committee's Oversight Subcommittee is leading an investigation into Jan. 6, 2021, led by Chairman Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga. The panel is investigating the security failures on that day, as well as the "actions" of the former select committee investigating the Capitol riot.

Loudermilk, last week, told Fox News Digital his investigation has entered a "new phase" with renewed support from House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., who has committed additional resources to the panel’s investigation.

Sources familiar with Loudermilk’s investigation told Fox News Digital that, per House rules, the former select committee, which was chaired by Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., was required to turn over all documents from its investigation to the new, GOP-led panel, after Republicans secured the majority of the House of Representatives following the 2022 midterm elections.

Sources told Fox News Digital that Thompson had told Loudermilk that the select committee would turn over four terabytes of archived data, but that the new committee only received approximately two terabytes of data.

Fox News Digital has learned that Loudermilk’s committee hired a digital forensics team to scrape hard drives to determine what information they were not given.

The forensics team, according to sources familiar with their search, determined that 117 files were both deleted and encrypted. Sources said those files were deleted on Jan. 1, 2023 – just days before Thompson’s team was required to transfer the data to the new committee.

Fox News Digital has learned the forensics team has recovered all 117 deleted and encrypted files. Now, Loudermilk is demanding answers and passwords to access the data. 

Fox News Digital exclusively obtained a letter Loudermilk sent to Thompson, requesting access to recovered digital files by his forensic team.

"As you acknowledged in your July 7, 2023 letter, the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol (Select Committee) did not archive all Committee records as required by House Rules," Loudermilk wrote. "You wrote that you sent specific transcribed interviews and depositions to the White House and Department of Homeland Security but did not archive them with the Clerk of the House."

Loudermilk added that Thompson also "claimed that you turned over 4-terabytes of digital files, but the hard drives archived by the Select Committee with the Clerk of the House contain less than 3- terabytes of data."

Loudermilk explained that after a forensic analysis of the data and archived hard drives, he was able to recover "numerous digital records from hard drives archived by the Select Committee."

"One recovered file disclosed the identity of an individual whose testimony was not archived by the Select Committee," Loudermilk wrote. "Further, we found that most of the recovered files are password-protected, preventing us from determining what they contain."

Loudermilk asked that Thompson provide him "a list of passwords for all password-protected files created by the Select Committee" so that his committee can "access these files and ensure they are properly archived."

Meanwhile, Loudermilk also penned letters to White House general counsel and the general counsel of the Department of Homeland Security, requesting "unedited and unredacted transcripts" of White House and DHS testimony to the former select committee. 

Loudermilk's committee knows the transcripts of these interviews exist, but said they were not turned over by the Thompson-led committee. 

Loudermilk demanded the White House and DHS comply with his request by Jan. 24.

"It’s obvious that Pelosi’s Select Committee went to great lengths to prevent Americans from seeing certain documents produced in their investigation. It also appears that Bennie Thompson and Liz Cheney intended to obstruct our Subcommittee by failing to preserve critical information and videos as required by House rules," Loudermilk told Fox News Digital. 

"The American people deserve to know the full truth, and Speaker Johnson has empowered me to use all tools necessary to recover these documents to get the truth, and I will."

 

[IGotWorms 4,057]

1 minute ago, jonmx said:

Sure it does.   If the evidence shows that the DNC, FBI and Capitol Police colluded to setup protestors on Januarry 6th, it is entrapment.   Much like the Whitmer kidnapping case.  

It won’t, because that’s insane.

[jonmx 2,424]

Just now, IGotWorms said:

It won’t, because that’s insane.

It is insane, but it is also known to be true.  

[IGotWorms 4,057]

2 minutes ago, jonmx said:

It is insane, but it is also known to be true.  

It’s false, and we’ll know it’s false when nothing ever comes of it. Will you admit you’re a focking dumbass then or just come up with some new conspiracy bullsh1t?

[jonmx 2,424]

6 minutes ago, IGotWorms said:

It’s false, and we’ll know it’s false when nothing ever comes of it. Will you admit you’re a focking dumbass then or just come up with some new conspiracy bullsh1t?

I know you can not help being uniformed, but what I state is 100 percent fact.  It is already known and proven, whether the corrupt system can cover it does not change the truth.  

[IGotWorms 4,057]

7 minutes ago, jonmx said:

I know you can not help being uniformed, but what I state is 100 percent fact.  It is already known and proven, whether the corrupt system can cover it does not change the truth.  

Why would it be covered up? Republicans have the info now, they don’t want to cover it up. They’d want that sh1t everywhere.

So when it doesn’t come out — and it won’t, because it isn’t real — will you admit you’re a focking dumbass? Yes or no?

[The Real timschochet 6,422]

3 hours ago, seafoam1 said:

This is the #1 problem facing this country. There are a lot of Tim's out there. It's sad. 

God it would be so awesome if this was true. 

Sorry guys I believe this is a crackpot theory. It makes no sense whatsoever that the FBI would plan and orchestrate what happened on January 6. It sounds crazy just writing it out. 

[The Real timschochet 6,422]

26 minutes ago, IGotWorms said:

Why would it be covered up? Republicans have the info now, they don’t want to cover it up. They’d want that sh1t everywhere.

So when it doesn’t come out — and it won’t, because it isn’t real — will you admit you’re a focking dumbass? Yes or no?

There’s no way to defeat a conspiracy theorist like Jon has become, because anything that doesn’t happen.is part of the conspiracy. 

[jonmx 2,424]

8 hours ago, IGotWorms said:

Why would it be covered up? Republicans have the info now, they don’t want to cover it up. They’d want that sh1t everywhere.

So when it doesn’t come out — and it won’t, because it isn’t real — will you admit you’re a focking dumbass? Yes or no?

Because the FBI is the principle actor and they operate behind an iron curtain of secrecy.   The FBI treats their tactics as the utmost protected government secrets which are not subject to oversight.   And this is why so many federal agencies have become completely corrupt.  We need to open up the complete process to oversight by congress to determine if they are politically targeting people and if they are abusing rights.   From several whistelblowers we know they are targeting people and abusing rights.  Hopefully Congress can penetrate this iron curtain and completely expose the corruption, but the FBI has not been penatrated yet despite massive known abuses which started with J Edgar Hoover.  It has not gotten any better. 

[BeachGuy23 642]

12 hours ago, jonmx said:

I know you can not help being uniformed, but what I state is 100 percent fact.  It is already known and proven, whether the corrupt system can cover it does not change the truth.  

So it's 100% fact that dumb Trump supporters were duped into breaking into our capital.  It's proven and it's truth, but no one but the most deranged CT believers ever talk about it?  Rs have had the House for well over a year, why haven't they held hearings on this if "100 percent fact.  It is already known and proven, whether the corrupt system can cover it does not change the truth."

Logic would tell one that when only CT buffoons believe something to be true it's not true and only CT loons believe it.

You're one weird dude friend. 

[Dizkneelande 1,085]

Guys why would the feds setup Trump? Makes no sense. It’s not like they used a fake dossier and lied to the FISA courts 4 times to spy on a President.

[BeachGuy23 642]

Just now, Dizkneelande said:

Guys why would the feds setup Trump? Makes no sense. It’s not like they used a fake dossier and lied to the FISA courts 4 times to spy on a President.

Haha.  It's astounding what the CT nutjobs think is fact but are completely unable to prove through our normal means of determining facts, the courts.

And didn't one of Trump's henchmen spend years investigating the whole FISA thing and indicted exactly one low level lackey for changing a couple of words?

Why do you folks deal exclusively in emotions rather than facts?  Such a weird way to go through life.

[seafoam1 2,803]

2 minutes ago, Dizkneelande said:

Guys why would the feds setup Trump? Makes no sense. It’s not like they used a fake dossier and lied to the FISA courts 4 times to spy on a President.

Seriously. If anyone knows hatred and lying and scheming against Trump, it should be the liberals on this site. Of all people...

[Dizkneelande 1,085]

6 minutes ago, BeachGuy23 said:

Haha.  It's astounding what the CT nutjobs think is fact but are completely unable to prove through our normal means of determining facts, the courts.

And didn't one of Trump's henchmen spend years investigating the whole FISA thing and indicted exactly one low level lackey for changing a couple of words?

Why do you folks deal exclusively in emotions rather than facts?  Such a weird way to go through life.

Comey the low level lackey. You are the dumbest retard in a sea of retards.

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2019/12/15/politics/james-comey-ig-report-fisa-applications-carter-page/index.html

[BeachGuy23 642]

2 minutes ago, seafoam1 said:

Seriously. If anyone knows hatred and lying and scheming against Trump, it should be the liberals on this site. Of all people...

Care to unpack the findings of the Durham report?  You know, the three year + investigation started by Trump and carried out by one of his lackeys that cost our country tens of millions of dollars and found exactly bupkis?

C'mon folks.  Use your brains for once. 

[BeachGuy23 642]

Just now, Dizkneelande said:

Comey the low level lackey. You are the dumbest retard in a sea of retards.

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2019/12/15/politics/james-comey-ig-report-fisa-applications-carter-page/index.html

From your link.

"In 2016, the FBI sought and received approval from the court to surveil Page for nearly a year, starting shortly after he left the Trump campaign in the fall of 2016. The special court that granted the approval operates in secret and approves wiretaps under FISA -- a law that is typically used to target foreign spies and terrorists.

The DOJ's watchdog said there was no bias in the decision to seek FISA surveillance of Page, and that the significant errors and problems with how the FBI prepared the applications to the court were generally mistakes and not intentional manipulation."

So the courts approved the FISA, page wasn't part of Trump's campaign, and there were mistakes and not intentional manipulation.

If Page wasn't part of Trump's campaign, uh how was Trump spied on?

Educate yourself my friend.  It will open up a whole new world of truth to you.  Step away from the alt right media to start. 

[Dizkneelande 1,085]

2 minutes ago, BeachGuy23 said:

From your link.

"In 2016, the FBI sought and received approval from the court to surveil Page for nearly a year, starting shortly after he left the Trump campaign in the fall of 2016. The special court that granted the approval operates in secret and approves wiretaps under FISA -- a law that is typically used to target foreign spies and terrorists.

The DOJ's watchdog said there was no bias in the decision to seek FISA surveillance of Page, and that the significant errors and problems with how the FBI prepared the applications to the court were generally mistakes and not intentional manipulation."

So the courts approved the FISA, page wasn't part of Trump's campaign, and there were mistakes and not intentional manipulation.

If Page wasn't part of Trump's campaign, uh how was Trump spied on?

Educate yourself my friend.  It will open up a whole new world of truth to you.  Step away from the alt right media to start. 

The watchdog said so. Get a grip you’re all over the place. Page wasn’t part of the campaign? Lefty news says he was a close adviser.

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/fbi-says-monitoring-of-trump-campaign-adviser-carter-page-shouldve-ended-sooner/

So now that we established that Comey was involved and not just some low level lackey from my leftist sourced link, let’s move onto another leftist sourced link where the DOJ finally admits the warrants were not valid.

“The order says the department told the court it now believes it did not have probable cause to believe that Page was acting as an agent of a foreign power, which was required to obtain the surveillance.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1121406

Damn that sounds like a major civil rights violation but peabrains like you are ok with it.  

You can take the loss at any time. I have the day off because I own a business and can do that whenever I want so I have all day. 

[Hardcore troubadour 14,935]

An FBI lawyer that signs off on and submits surveillance requests to the court is now a low level lackey. Beachguy is a retard. 

[BeachGuy23 642]

46 minutes ago, Dizkneelande said:

The watchdog said so. Get a grip you’re all over the place. Page wasn’t part of the campaign? Lefty news says he was a close adviser.

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/fbi-says-monitoring-of-trump-campaign-adviser-carter-page-shouldve-ended-sooner/

So now that we established that Comey was involved and not just some low level lackey from my leftist sourced link, let’s move onto another leftist sourced link where the DOJ finally admits the warrants were not valid.

“The order says the department told the court it now believes it did not have probable cause to believe that Page was acting as an agent of a foreign power, which was required to obtain the surveillance.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1121406

Damn that sounds like a major civil rights violation but peabrains like you are ok with it.  

You can take the loss at any time. I have the day off because I own a business and can do that whenever I want so I have all day. 

What about Page left Trump's campaign is hard for you to grasp?

And what did the three + year, tens of millions of dollars Durham report find friend?

Step away from the alt right media.  There was an actual report by a Trump loving special prosecutor.  Did it say the DOJ spied on Trump or did anything illegal and I missed it?

Please inform me friend, I'd appreciate it.

[BeachGuy23 642]

14 minutes ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

An FBI lawyer that signs off on and submits surveillance requests to the court is now a low level lackey. Beachguy is a retard. 

I get that someone being a lawyer is probably pretty impressive to the party of the less educated.  But to the rest of us he was nothing more than a low level FBI guy.

Can you tell me what punishment he received for "spying on Trump"?   I assume he's still in jail for these treasonous acts?

My mind can be changed if presented with facts friend.  Please don't try to convince me with your feelings thought.

There was a Trump appointed special prosecutor who investigated this whole thing and spent years and tens of millions doing so.  What did he find?  The DOJ was criminal?  Trump was spied on?

[HellToupee 1,588]

5 minutes ago, BeachGuy23 said:

I get that someone being a lawyer is probably pretty impressive to the party of the less educated.  But to the rest of us he was nothing more than a low level FBI guy.

Can you tell me what punishment he received for "spying on Trump"?   I assume he's still in jail for these treasonous acts?

My mind can be changed if presented with facts friend.  Please don't try to convince me with your feelings thought.

There was a Trump appointed special prosecutor who investigated this whole thing and spent years and tens of millions doing so.  What did he find?  The DOJ was criminal?  Trump was spied on?

Was this a forced account change or are you just whimsical 

[Hardcore troubadour 14,935]

9 minutes ago, BeachGuy23 said:

I get that someone being a lawyer is probably pretty impressive to the party of the less educated.  But to the rest of us he was nothing more than a low level FBI guy.

Can you tell me what punishment he received for "spying on Trump"?   I assume he's still in jail for these treasonous acts?

My mind can be changed if presented with facts friend.  Please don't try to convince me with your feelings thought.

There was a Trump appointed special prosecutor who investigated this whole thing and spent years and tens of millions doing so.  What did he find?  The DOJ was criminal?  Trump was spied on?

The FISA court is the most difficult court ti obtain a search warrant. You are an ignorant moron. Hush up kid. 

[BeachGuy23 642]

1 hour ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

The FISA court is the most difficult court ti obtain a search warrant. You are an ignorant moron. Hush up kid. 

You think this low level attorney presented at the court?

What punishment did he get for this heinous crime again?

And how come no one will discuss the zero findings of the Durham report.

That's seems odd since you guys claim Trump was spied on illegally. 

[seafoam1 2,803]

18 minutes ago, BeachGuy23 said:

You think this low level attorney presented at the court?

What punishment did he get for this heinous crime again?

And how come no one will discuss the zero findings of the Durham report.

That's seems odd since you guys claim Trump was spied on illegally. 

And the liberals didn't riot all of 2020 burning down buildings, looting stores, throwing molotov cocktails at police and through the windows of stores, and killing and abusing innocent people. ...

Good job on your team choice... loser. 

[Engorgeous George 2,131]

22 hours ago, seafoam1 said:

How much video tape around the capital on that day was ever put out to the media?

And the liberals don't want anyone to see certain documents. I wonder why. 

 

The former House Select Committee on Jan. 6 deleted more than 100 encrypted files from its probe just days before Republicans took over the majority in the House of Representatives, Fox News Digital has learned.

The House Administration Committee's Oversight Subcommittee is leading an investigation into Jan. 6, 2021, led by Chairman Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga. The panel is investigating the security failures on that day, as well as the "actions" of the former select committee investigating the Capitol riot.

Loudermilk, last week, told Fox News Digital his investigation has entered a "new phase" with renewed support from House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., who has committed additional resources to the panel’s investigation.

Sources familiar with Loudermilk’s investigation told Fox News Digital that, per House rules, the former select committee, which was chaired by Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., was required to turn over all documents from its investigation to the new, GOP-led panel, after Republicans secured the majority of the House of Representatives following the 2022 midterm elections.

Sources told Fox News Digital that Thompson had told Loudermilk that the select committee would turn over four terabytes of archived data, but that the new committee only received approximately two terabytes of data.

Fox News Digital has learned that Loudermilk’s committee hired a digital forensics team to scrape hard drives to determine what information they were not given.

The forensics team, according to sources familiar with their search, determined that 117 files were both deleted and encrypted. Sources said those files were deleted on Jan. 1, 2023 – just days before Thompson’s team was required to transfer the data to the new committee.

Fox News Digital has learned the forensics team has recovered all 117 deleted and encrypted files. Now, Loudermilk is demanding answers and passwords to access the data. 

Fox News Digital exclusively obtained a letter Loudermilk sent to Thompson, requesting access to recovered digital files by his forensic team.

"As you acknowledged in your July 7, 2023 letter, the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol (Select Committee) did not archive all Committee records as required by House Rules," Loudermilk wrote. "You wrote that you sent specific transcribed interviews and depositions to the White House and Department of Homeland Security but did not archive them with the Clerk of the House."

Loudermilk added that Thompson also "claimed that you turned over 4-terabytes of digital files, but the hard drives archived by the Select Committee with the Clerk of the House contain less than 3- terabytes of data."

Loudermilk explained that after a forensic analysis of the data and archived hard drives, he was able to recover "numerous digital records from hard drives archived by the Select Committee."

"One recovered file disclosed the identity of an individual whose testimony was not archived by the Select Committee," Loudermilk wrote. "Further, we found that most of the recovered files are password-protected, preventing us from determining what they contain."

Loudermilk asked that Thompson provide him "a list of passwords for all password-protected files created by the Select Committee" so that his committee can "access these files and ensure they are properly archived."

Meanwhile, Loudermilk also penned letters to White House general counsel and the general counsel of the Department of Homeland Security, requesting "unedited and unredacted transcripts" of White House and DHS testimony to the former select committee. 

Loudermilk's committee knows the transcripts of these interviews exist, but said they were not turned over by the Thompson-led committee. 

Loudermilk demanded the White House and DHS comply with his request by Jan. 24.

"It’s obvious that Pelosi’s Select Committee went to great lengths to prevent Americans from seeing certain documents produced in their investigation. It also appears that Bennie Thompson and Liz Cheney intended to obstruct our Subcommittee by failing to preserve critical information and videos as required by House rules," Loudermilk told Fox News Digital. 

"The American people deserve to know the full truth, and Speaker Johnson has empowered me to use all tools necessary to recover these documents to get the truth, and I will."

An allegation which will be interesting to follow.  In the end, no matter what is revealed, folks will interpret the matter through their own partisan lenses.

[Herbivore 1,115]

21 minutes ago, BeachGuy23 said:

You think this low level attorney presented at the court?

What punishment did he get for this heinous crime again?

And how come no one will discuss the zero findings of the Durham report.

That's seems odd since you guys claim Trump was spied on illegally. 

They were very hopeful about the Durham Report. That it ended with basically nothing is quickly forgotte .

[Hardcore troubadour 14,935]

19 minutes ago, Engorgeous George said:

An allegation which will be interesting to follow.  In the end, no matter what is revealed, folks will interpret the matter through their own partisan lenses.

Maybe.  But there is no justifiable reason for the cover up. But they will try.