Emory<p>&gt; … Fourth, as a first-term Trump administration official and ex-CIA officer, I believe the reason these officials risk interacting in this way is to prevent their communications from being preserved as required by the Presidential Records Act, and avoid them being discoverable in litigation, or subject to a subpoena or Freedom of Information Act request.</p><p>That's what a lot of people have been saying from the beginning. <a href="https://soc.kvet.ch/tags/SignalGate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SignalGate</span></a> <a href="https://soc.kvet.ch/tags/whiskeyLeaks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>whiskeyLeaks</span></a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/05/why-trump-administration-used-signal-hegseth-gabbard" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2025/apr/05/why-trump-administration-used-signal-hegseth-gabbard</span></a></p>