But that account has been contradicted by his own administration— the Office of the Inspector General. The OIG determined that the texts were initially missing due to faulty technology, not malicious intent. More than 20,000 texts have been recovered, according to an OIG report issued this month. The report determined that there was “no evidence” that since-ousted FBI agent Peter Strzok and his girlfriend, lawyer Lisa Page, “attempted to circumvent” the FBI’s data-retention policies. He said the texts were “wiped clean and gone.”

Source: Huffington Post December 16, 2018 03:22 UTC