It may seem like a lifetime ago, but it was only earlier this year that the media obsessed over the results of the Mueller probe and President Trump's impeachment.
When Trump was acquitted, a separate inquiry was launched into the Robert Mueller's investigation. The DOJ's Office of the Inspector General (OIG) wanted to know whether Mueller and his team were operating with political bias against the President.
However, before they could review the phones used by the Mueller team, the phones were "accidentally wiped."
“The records show at least several dozen phones were wiped of information because of forgotten passcodes, irreparable screen damage, loss of the device, intentional deletion or other reasons — and came before the DOJ’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) could review the devices,” Fox News reported. “The OIG opened an investigation into possible bias in the origins of the Russia Investigation, but determined that the FBI complied with policies in launching the politically explosive probe. Still, the OIG flagged ‘significant concerns with how certain aspects of the investigation were conducted and supervised.'”
The Federalist's Sean Davis explained on Twitter how Mueller's team explained their alleged incompetence.
Federal records show that Mueller deputy Andrew Weismann claims to have "accidentally" wiped, via wrong passwords at least 2 phones detailing his activity during the anti-Trump probe. James Quarles' phone "wiped itself." Greg Andre also made the same wrong password claim...
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) September 10, 2020
Federal records show that Mueller deputy Andrew Weismann claims to have "accidentally" wiped, via wrong passwords at least 2 phones detailing his activity during the anti-Trump probe. James Quarles' phone "wiped itself." Greg Andre also made the same wrong password claim...
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) September 10, 2020
"What are the actual probabilities of more than a dozen top Mueller officials all "accidentally" nuking their phones or accidentally putting them in airplane mode, locking them, and "forgetting" their passwords so the DOJ OIG couldn't access and examine them? Negative 100,000%?" Davis asked.
What are the actual probabilities of more than a dozen top Mueller officials all "accidentally" nuking their phones or accidentally putting them in airplane mode, locking them, and "forgetting" their passwords so the DOJ OIG couldn't access and examine them? Negative 100,000%?
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) September 10, 2020
President Trump vowed in 2016 to "drain the swamp." Now, four years later, the swamp seems to be deeper, slimier, and stinkier than ever.
The President has tried to roll back regulations, but those efforts have only worked around the edges. Eliminating regulations one at a time will take a lifetime, and he can't fire all the career bureaucrats who are nothing more than political actors.
The President has promised to continue his swamp-draining efforts in his second term. But he can't do it alone. No one president can effectively and permanently drain the swamp. Only the states and the people can do that at an Article V Convention of States.
A Convention of States is called and controlled by the states and has the power to propose constitutional amendments. These amendments can limit the power of federal agencies, eliminate other agencies altogether, shrink the size of the bureaucratic state, and restore power where it belongs -- with the states, the people, and their representatives.
Millions of Americans have joined the Article V movement because they're tired of corrupt, non-elected bureaucrats controlling their lives and getting away scot-free. It's time to hold them accountable for their actions, and we can do it with an Article V Convention of States.
