At first read it does seem suspicious that they used Signal, however at the very end the reason is explained - it's due to the Jeff Bezos hacks in 2018. That seems very reasonable. I fully support what the FTC is doing here, however I don’t support them claiming that they expected to see incriminating messages and when they did not, claimed deletion with no proof.
It would be nice if the federal government would go after the City of Seattle for deleting all of the summer 2020 messages. Both Jenny Durkan and Carmen Best broke public records laws far more flagrantly than Amazon.
Washington's law that there can be no private discussions among Councilmembers sounds like a good idea, but it just makes for bad government. It makes it impossible for them to horse-trade to find a deal. What does happen is every member grandstands their position instead.
It would be nice if the federal government would go after the City of Seattle for deleting all of the summer 2020 messages. Both Jenny Durkan and Carmen Best broke public records laws far more flagrantly than Amazon.