REPORT: MUELLER TEAM JOKED ABOUT WIPING CELLPHONES
An FBI agent who worked for the Special Counsel indicates Russia Probe team members blatantly joked about wiping their iPhones of data
An FBI agent who worked for Special Counsel Robert Mueller told government investigators last week that other FBI agents on Mueller’s team openly joked about wiping all their text messages and data from their government issued iPhones.
In a summary of an interview related to the case involving former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, FBI Agent William Barnett said other special counsel team members “comically talk about wiping cellular telephones.” Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) has asked that the Justice Department’s Office of Inspector General open an investigation into the wiping of the devices.
“Barnett had a cellular telephone issued by the SCO which he did not ‘wipe.’ Barnett did hear other agents ‘comically’ talk about wiping cellular telephones but was not aware of anyone ‘wiping’ their issued cellular telephones,” the summary states.
Barnett described an aggressive campaign by the Special Counsel’s Office attorneys to find evidence of wrongdoing by President Trump and/or his associates. Barnett ultimately asked to be removed from the case, saying even at that time he was sure it would become a matter investigated by the inspector general.