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Deep State Witch

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2. Evidentiary Rules

Reply to Gato Moteado (Original post)

Fri Oct 3, 2025, 10:47 AM

4 hrs ago

They are not "classified" in the sense of National Security documents. They are, however, evidence and supposedly have to follow evidentiary rules for the FBI/DOJ. I'm not familiar with those, but I'm sure it involves some chain of custody.

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a question for people who have worked with gov't classified documents (esp FBI documents)... [View all] Gato Moteado 5 hrs ago OP

I don't work for the fbi mercuryblues 4 hrs ago #1

there's no doubt that if he had the capacity to destroy or alter the files, he would....... Gato Moteado 4 hrs ago #3

Evidentiary Rules Deep State Witch 4 hrs ago #2

Nothing is safe in the Trump admin but to degree witnesses remain, some major info could be recollected. dutch777 3 hrs ago #4