Kash's "lockbox in a vault...in a cyber place where no one can see or search these files" - emptywheel

"[T]here is simply no support for FBI Director Patel's recent assertion that Mr. Smith hid the toll records information so that "no one would find it," or that Mr. Smith put the toll records in a "lockbox in a vault, and then put that vault in a cyber place where no one can see or search these files."9 It is not clear what cyber place in a vault in a lockbox Director Patel is describing, but Mr. Smith's use of these records"

"I'm a well-established critic of Lanny Breuer, but the letter is substantive and direct. After mocking Josh Hawley's claim that he was "tapped," the letter shows how toll records have been used in various other investigations: The Robert Hur investigation of Joe Biden. Charging documents in five different investigations charged since Kash has become FBI Director. In leak investigations, targeting Adam Schiff, Eric Swalwell, and staffers (including Kash Patel). The Robert Menendez investigation."

Kash Patel claimed that Special Counsel Jack Smith hid toll records in a "lockbox" inside a cyber vault so "no one would find" them. Multiple investigative materials and charging documents contradict that assertion. Paragraph 119 of the August 1, 2023 indictment and footnote 132 of Volume 1 of the Special Counsel Report reference toll records used for January 6 contacts. Toll records also appear in the Robert Hur probe of Joe Biden, in five charging documents since Patel became FBI Director, in leak investigations targeting Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell, and in the Menendez investigation. The precise records were produced in discovery to President Trump's personal lawyers, some now serving in senior DOJ positions. Trump reportedly seeks $230 million.

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