Hopefully they CLONED THE HARD DRIVE.
Defend the Capital Police? Yeah right...
I’m thinking there is a Lot of functions and services those police bring to the table, which would be sorely missed on the hill.
A virago moment blurted in a nervous frenzy over the loss of control over incriminating evidence.
I think it is normal practice to create an image before attempting to open any document or file to prevent tripping a self destruct process. The computer itself could be returned and the evidence retained