So the interesting thing will be that, look, the feds are going to ignore this. They have and will delete data and burn evidence. There’s a name for that crime: accessory after the fact.
On the one hand, of course contempt charges don’t matter to feds who don’t care. On the other hand, the penalty for accessory to murder can be as long as the penalty for murder itself. So it’s possible that a half dozen feds could get locked up for life, depending on who did what and when.
And there is no statute of limitations for any of this. They can never feel like they got away with it.
So the interesting thing will be that, look, the feds are going to ignore this. They have and will delete data and burn evidence. There’s a name for that crime: accessory after the fact.
On the one hand, of course contempt charges don’t matter to feds who don’t care. On the other hand, the penalty for accessory to murder can be as long as the penalty for murder itself. So it’s possible that a half dozen feds could get locked up for life, depending on who did what and when.
And there is no statute of limitations for any of this. They can never feel like they got away with it.