I’d think that Parler being offline would make it hard to find and use posts as evidence at this point. While I generally trust the archivists that grabbed public Parler posts and videos before it was taken off line, I assume that the FBI would have a hard time proving chain of custody in court. They could subpoena Parler directly for each suspect, but they would need a warrant, and that should require some evidence. It was probably far easier to build cases on easily accessible Facebook posts, and the absence of Parler refences in court documents are less about how Parler was used and how easy it was for investigators to find the evidence in short order. They may still go and find all of that evidence before trial.
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