How could Mueller team phones be ‘accidentally’ wiped clean?

“All of us have that power,” he said. “Whether you have an Android, an iPhone, any tablet, or a Windows PC or a Mac.”

The documents reportedly showed that lawyer James Quarles' phone "wiped itself" clean without any interference. Mueller deputy Andrew Weissman claimed his phone was "accidentally wiped" after entering the wrong passcode too many times.

According to a 2018 report from the Department of Justice, large gaps of missing information were blamed on the flawed systems of the FBI. Knutsson explained their platforms lacked the ability to capture information from older phones like some Samsungs.