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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Chrys Brent Deiparine

Former DHS Aide 'Should Have Known Better,' Judge Says After Signal Messages Vanished in FEMA Suit

U.S. District Judge Susan Illston found that former acting FEMA leader Karen Evans acted with 'intent to deprive' plaintiffs of evidence after shortening an auto-delete setting on a Signal chat while litigation was active (Credit: DHSgov, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

A federal judge has found that former Homeland Security officials failed to preserve Signal messages relevant to a lawsuit over plans to cut the Federal Emergency Management Agency's workforce, ruling that the court will presume the lost communications were unfavourable to the defendants.

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