Mueller's Team Deleted Information From Phones, DOJ Asked To Investigate

Documents released by the Justice Department this week say members of special counsel Robert Mueller's team deleted information from at least 15 government-issued phones in relation to Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. On Friday, Senate Homeland Security Chairman Ron Johnson sent a letter to the Justice Department inspector general asking him to investigate the recently released documents. The records said the erasures were due to forgotten passwords, hardware issues and damage to the phones. Johnson's letter also asks when the DOJ was made aware of the issue and if the information from the phones can be retrieved. On Saturday, President Donald Trump called Mueller's team a "hit squad" on Twitter. Coverage from right-rated outlets tended to focus on the details of the reports; some highlighted the history of some members of Mueller's team. Coverage from the left tended to highlight Trump's comments about the reports; some framed his tweets as an "attack" on Mueller's team.