(I think he got rid of them AFTER the request was made. That is if he isn't flat out lying again.)
New York (CNN)Former President Donald Trump said he no longer has four cell phones identified by the New York attorney general's investigation into the Trump Organization's finances but has turned over his personal phone to be searched as he tries to convince a state judge to lift a civil contempt ruling that so far has cost him $140,000.
In an affidavit filed with the court Friday, Trump said he doesn't currently have any phones, computers or electronic devices issued to him by the Trump Organization and that he has authorized his attorneys to search his homes in Bedminster, New Jersey, his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, and his personal residence in Trump Tower for any documents sought by New York Attorney General Letitia James' subpoena.
Any incriminating phones have long been flushed down his toilets, along with any other incriminating documents (his favorite destruction method apparently).
If they cannot produce the phones in question, it should be farther contempt charges since he and the trump organization have been under a preservation order since 2015. Keep on heaping the fines on. This would rise to the level of obstruction of justice, a felony.