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Capitol rioter couldn’t fool Feds by restoring iPhone factory settings

Jeffrey Register was arrested by the FBI Tuesday after discovering that the feds understand technology much better than he does.

Register, 38, of Fernandina Beach FL, surrendered himself to face trespassing and disorderly conduct charges in connection with the January 6 Capitol riot. Register had initially denied he was there when interviewed February 24 by an FBI agent. 

But when confronted with photographic evidence, Register “admitted that he deleted photographs from his phone and claimed to have ‘factory reset’ his cellphone in order to, in his words, delete what might be proof that he entered the building,” according to the FBI complaint. Continue reading.

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