The Trump Organization hired the digital forensics company, Haystack ID, per a judge's September ultimatum. But it turns out, the company wasn't hired to actually get everything investigators wanted.
When the judge overseeing the civil court fight told the company to either comply with the AG’s subpoenas or hire a third party firm, the Trump Organization was supposed to hire someone to track down devices used by certain witnesses, gather evidence, conduct targeted searches of key terms, and submit monthly reports of its progress.
But, prosecutors complained, the monthly progress reports from HaystackID are too vague and targeted searches aren’t being done—and they’re worried the Trump Organization is being sly and just trying to run the clock. The AG’s office and the company have signed a “tolling agreement” that essentially freezes time on the state’s statute of limitations and lets law enforcement investigate without having to rush and either sue or file criminal charges. But that agreement expires at the end of April, giving prosecutors little time to review the evidence and decide what action to take, if any.
“Unfortunately, Haystack’s progress is opaque to [Office of the Attorney General] because the Trump Organization has restricted Haystack’s ability to report any substantive information,” prosecutors wrote to Trump lawyers earlier this month. “And… that progress which we can discern has been too slow.”
By last count, HaystackID had only communicated with half of the 81 people with access to devices that need to be searched. Among the listed “records custodians” are the former president himself, his
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