> "They're getting one or more of the conspirators to flip on the others in exchange for reduced sentences. One of them gladly gave up the messages as part of a

> "They're getting one or more of the conspirators to flip on the others in exchange for reduced sentences. One of them gladly gave up the messages as part of a bargain." That's possible but they also could have just seized one of their phones or whatever and recovered the chat history that way.