Hmmm, if we want to assume this is still related to high-profile blackmail material, it's possible they were downloading the DMs from accounts messaged by verif

Hmmm, if we want to assume this is still related to high-profile blackmail material, it's possible they were downloading the DMs from accounts messaged by verified accounts. AFAIK, deleting Twitter DMs only deletes the conversation from your end, so if the verified user, worried about this exact situation, periodically deletes their DMs, but the unverified user, not nearly so worried, doesn't...