Thousands of Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler’s texts gone from public record

Thousands of Portland mayor’s texts were missing for years

PORTLAND — Thousands of text messages from Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler’s city-issued iPhone and the phones of other top officials went missing for years from the public record, including texts he sent after former President Donald Trump directed federal agents to the city to quell nightly racial justice protests.Oregon Public Broadcasting reports the city uses specialized software to capture text messaging on city-issued phones so they can be ret…

Thousands of Portland mayor's texts gone from public record

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Thousands of text messages from Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler’s city-issued iPhone and the phones of other top officials are missing from the public record, including texts he sent after former President Donald Trump directed federal agents to the city to quell nightly racial justice protests. Oregon Public Broadcasting reports that the

Thousands of Portland mayor's texts gone from public record

The texts were sent from the mayor's city-issued iPhone, but using Apple's iMessage service, meaning they were encrypted and can't be saved for public records.

Thousands of Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler’s texts gone from public record

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Thousands of text messages from Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler’s city-issued iPhone and the phones of other top officials are missing from the public record, including texts he sent after former President Donald Trump directed federal agents to the city to quell nightly racial justice protests.Oregon Public Broadcasting reports that the city uses specialized software to capture text messaging on city-issued phones so they can b…

Thousands of Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler’s texts gone from public record

Oregon Public Broadcasting reports that the city uses specialized software to capture text messaging on city-issued phones so they can be retained for public record requests, but the software can’t capture encrypted messages sent using Apple’s iMessage service.

Thousands of Portland mayor's texts gone from public record

The U.S. city's software can’t capture encrypted messages sent using Apple’s iMessage service.