This was reported three hours ago by Fox News as their own exclusive story:
Thousands of FBI cellphones affected by glitch that lost Strzok-Page texts, officials say --
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018...cials-say.html
Quote:
The gap in records covered a crucial period, raising suspicion among GOP lawmakers as to how those messages disappeared.
But Fox News is told that the glitch affected the phones of “nearly” 10 percent of the FBI’s 35,000 employees.
Senior Department of Justice officials told Fox News they are "taking steps" to possibly recover the texts from the appropriate cellphone carriers. The same officials told Fox News they are also making every effort to track down the physical cellphones in question so they could be subject to a forensic review.
The missing messages have also caused problems for the Department of Justice Office of Inspector General.
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So, the "gap" was not isolated. The report notes "nearly" 10% of the FBI's 35,000 employees were hit by the glitch, or, roughly, 3,500 other cases of the same occurrence; additionally, the article notes the DOJ-IG's office was likewise afflicted...
...and, I mean, ya gotta trust this report, cause, ya know, Fox News never lies and, beside, Trump really, really likes and trusts Fox News, even with unspecified "federal law enforcement officials" as a source...
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