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Nonilex

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Judge has ordered the agencies whose senior officials participated in the chat group to preserve all Signal messages between March 11-15 & to provide an update to the court about efforts to do so.

American Oversight v. ( Group Chat)

Minute Entry for proceedings held before Chief Judge James E. : Motion Hearing held on 3/27/2025 re 6 MOTION for Temporary Restraining Order filed by AMERICAN OVERSIGHT. Oral arguments heard. Order forthcoming. (Court Reporter Tammy Nestor) (znbn)

courtlistener.com/docket/69788

As agreed by the parties in today's hearing, the Court ORDERS:

1) Defendants shall promptly make best efforts to preserve all communications from Mar 11-15, 2025;

2) By Mar 31, 2025, Defendants shall file a Status Report w/declarations setting forth the steps they have taken to implement such preservation; &

3) This Order shall expire on Apr 10, 2025, in the event that Defendants' measures are satisfactory to the Court.

So ORDERED by Chief Judge James on Mar 27, 2025.

@Nonilex "All?" That's a wide net and based on news that Signal's been promoted by the WH for principals, going to be interesting to see if anything else surfaces.

@Nonilex @GottaLaff

I know it is a specific case, related to a specific event, but I do think such a limited retention timeframe order seems ill-advised, short-sighted and unwise. 😳
Oh, and that it’s only a temporary order.

@Nonilex

I get the feeling that Boasberg is going to be in no mood for the regime to pull any of the bullshit they've been pulling in prior cases and if they do there will be costly civil contempt orders followed by criminal contempt if the bullshit doesn't end in short order.