I would think routers and any other electronic equipment will be so thoroughly "scrubbed" by the time they are forced to turn anything over that it will be useless. Even if proven the equipment was "scrubbed" the guilty will be able to avoid any evidence that WAS on it; you can't convict someone for evidence you believe existed, but was destroyed.
But I'm sure they would rather suffer whatever penalty there would be associated with destroying data, than they would the penalty for orchestrating a fraudulent election, which could be considered treason. They could plead the 5th, and therefore, there would be no way to produce the actual data that proves the election fraud, at least on the electronic (routers, etc.) side of it.
I would think routers and any other electronic equipment will be so thoroughly "scrubbed" by the time they are forced to turn anything over that it will be useless. Even if proven the equipment was "scrubbed" the guilty will be able to avoid any evidence that WAS on it; you can't convict someone for evidence you believe existed, but was destroyed.
But I'm sure they would rather suffer whatever penalty there would be associated with destroying data, than they would the penalty for orchestrating a fraudulent election, which could be considered treason. They could plead the 5th, and therefore, there would be no way to produce the actual data that proves the election fraud, at least on the electronic (routers, etc.) side of it.