However, you're also ignoring the fact that “no records.exist“ response for Seth rich.until, what, 2 months ago, then 20k show up?
Deleted does not, as you say, mean destroyed or unrecoverable. However, it does put up a layer of defense to pretend that the deletes weren't soft, or that snapshots.don't exist, or that there's not months of incrementals that can be restored.
Yes, most deletes are soft.
However, you're also ignoring the fact that “no records.exist“ response for Seth rich.until, what, 2 months ago, then 20k show up?
Deleted does not, as you say, mean destroyed or unrecoverable. However, it does put up a layer of defense to pretend that the deletes weren't soft, or that snapshots.don't exist, or that there's not months of incrementals that can be restored.
Your argument hinges on specifics and not intent.
With Seth Rich, they didn't commit a crime of destroying government records. They just lied about them existing.
Why are attempting to defend the people who had Seth rich murdered?