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> The former mayor has offered a number of explanations for the missing messages, including that she dropped her phone in water, that she inadvertently changed

> The former mayor has offered a number of explanations for the missing messages, including that she dropped her phone in water, that she inadvertently changed the phone’s deletion settings and that “someone” set a new phone to delete messages older than 30 days, resulting in a rolling deletion of previous messages. I would expect this from a middle schooler, not a mayor.

colpabar 4y ago
How do we allow these people in government? Why are such statements that are obvious bullshit to anyone who has ever used a smartphone not immediately ridiculed and barred from any position of power for their rest of their lives? How are we supposed to trust our government when this is what they do?
buildbot 4y ago
It was extremely intentional - she is a prosecutor and would know exactly what she was doing.
- mrandish 4y ago
  Further, she had the experience to understand exactly how damaging the text messages would be AND she would know that the fact she deleted them would be revealed in discovery and severely punished by most judges YET decided to delete them anyway. That's how damaging they must have been. Also, the texts were sent to someone and both parties had to delete them for deleting to work - so... conspiracy too.
- evil-olive 4y ago
  > she is a prosecutor and would know exactly what she was doing yes, but it's even worse than that > Jenny Durkan is a partner and co-founder of the Seattle office of global law firm Quinn Emanuel. Her practice focues on cybersecurity issues, white collar investigations and litigation. [0] and > Durkan served for two years on Attorney General Holder’s original Attorney General Advisory Committee, and has chaired his advisory Subcommittee on Cybercrime and Intellectual Property Enforcement since 2009. [1] of all the federal prosecutors (US Attorneys) in the country, she chaired the cybercrime subcommittee. and her private practice focused on cybersecurity issues and white collar crime. and she committed a white-collar cybercrime. 0: https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/print-edition/2015/11/20/jenny-durkan.html https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/print-edition/2015/11/20... 1: https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdwa/pr/us-attorney-jenny-durkan-justice-department-leader-cybercrime-step-down https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdwa/pr/us-attorney-jenny-durka...

colpabar 4y ago

How do we allow these people in government? Why are such statements that are obvious bullshit to anyone who has ever used a smartphone not immediately ridiculed and barred from any position of power for their rest of their lives? How are we supposed to trust our government when this is what they do?

buildbot 4y ago

It was extremely intentional - she is a prosecutor and would know exactly what she was doing.

mrandish 4y ago
Further, she had the experience to understand exactly how damaging the text messages would be AND she would know that the fact she deleted them would be revealed in discovery and severely punished by most judges YET decided to delete them anyway. That's how damaging they must have been. Also, the texts were sent to someone and both parties had to delete them for deleting to work - so... conspiracy too.
evil-olive 4y ago
> she is a prosecutor and would know exactly what she was doing yes, but it's even worse than that > Jenny Durkan is a partner and co-founder of the Seattle office of global law firm Quinn Emanuel. Her practice focues on cybersecurity issues, white collar investigations and litigation. [0] and > Durkan served for two years on Attorney General Holder’s original Attorney General Advisory Committee, and has chaired his advisory Subcommittee on Cybercrime and Intellectual Property Enforcement since 2009. [1] of all the federal prosecutors (US Attorneys) in the country, she chaired the cybercrime subcommittee. and her private practice focused on cybersecurity issues and white collar crime. and she committed a white-collar cybercrime. 0: https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/print-edition/2015/11/20/jenny-durkan.html https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/print-edition/2015/11/20... 1: https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdwa/pr/us-attorney-jenny-durkan-justice-department-leader-cybercrime-step-down https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdwa/pr/us-attorney-jenny-durka...