The term “Plasmic Echo” seems to be a codename for the FBI’s probe into the Trump administration’s mishandling of secret documents. The name might be that of a rock band from the 1970s or the mystical substance that the characters in the movie “Ghostbusters” pursue.
This information was disclosed in Monday’s unredacted court documents related to the special counsel’s criminal prosecution of former President Trump. “[Redacted] PLASMIC ECHO; Mishandling of Classified or National Defense Information” is the case ID indicated on a file that is part of the documents.
Filed away on February 24, 2022, is an FBI synopsis of details the bureau had gleaned from the National Archives concerning classified papers discovered in fifteen boxes of stuff that Trump had returned to the archives earlier in the year. “Plasmic Echo” is a term that appears in multiple FBI papers and emails that are part of the court filings.
The US Department of Justice does not want to be quoted. The FBI has also been contacted by AWN.
“Plasmic Echo” is the latest addition to the long list of high-profile FBI investigations that have recently surfaced, which includes “Crossfire Hurricane” (the 2016 presidential election and Russian meddling), “Midyear Exam” (Hillary Clinton’s emails), and “Varsity Blues” (the college admissions bribery scandal).
The case file was one of hundreds of pages of documents presented by Trump’s legal team, who claim it supports the former president’s efforts to get additional data from the federal government regarding the case.
The National Archives and the White House of former president Joe Biden are among the institutions whose records Trump has requested.
After weeks of the court’s attention to a deeply redacted version of Trump’s request, a less redacted version was released to the public on Monday. Although US District Judge Aileen Cannon had directed the unsealing of some censored facts, she had previously stated that certain sensitive information, such as witness names, would continue to be suppressed.