Thread by @jason_kint

Woah. Sheryl Sandberg, former COO of Facebook, just sanctioned by Delaware judge for deleting emails ahead of trial this spring. This is the state pension shareholder case alleging the company overpaid the FTC and SEC in $5B+ settlements in order to protect Zuckerberg. /1

Long after the books had been inspected and many lawsuits had played out, it was disclosed last year she had a personal Gmail account under a pseudonym that may have been used for relevant communications. /2

The Judge here calls her a "high sophisticated individual." He probably doesn't know about the 2018 NYT report on how she carved out these issues in her Senate Intel testimony or how their lawyers were sanctioned on related discovery in California. /3

The Judge says the lawyered answers supports "an inference that Sandberg was picking and choosing which emails to delete [in her personal, pseudononymous account]." I feel like I should note she worked at Google prior to Meta. /4

Here is a full AP report from the plaintiffs filed for the sanctions. /5 apnews.com/article/meta-f…

Here is a link to other threads as other board members (Andreessen, Thiel, et al) are sitting for depos (former Facebook Chairman tomorrow) and Zuckerberg has to sit again based on court order last week. And a motion for texts with board members today. /6

Here is the case number for Court of Chancery. But a warning, they charge nearly $50 per document.