Capitol rioters boasted on social media. Now, they're scrambling to scrub phones and pictures
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While scores of Capitol rioters flaunted their role in the January 6 attack, a growing number of insurrectionists are accused of covering their tracks by destroying cellphones, wiping social media posts and threatening witnesses.
After the sugar high of storming the Capitol wore off, about 30 of the known rioters facing charges allegedly tried to destroy evidence or sanitize their social media profiles, according to a CNN review of FBI affidavits and court documents filed by the Justice Department.
The Atlantic on Wednesday published additional text messages from the Signal group chat of top Trump national security officials, underscoring a massive breach in operational security as specific sensitive information about the Houthi attack was shared in the chat before it was carried out.
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