Treasure hunters: Did FBI destroy video of Civil War gold?

Treasure hunters who claim the FBI made off with several tons of buried Civil War-era gold are now questioning whether evidence related to the 2018 excavation in Pennsylvania has been destroyed

Treasure hunters who claim the FBI made off with several tons of buried Civil War-era gold are now questioning whether evidence related to the 2018 excavation in Pennsylvania has been destroyed.

Finders Keepers, which sued the Justice Department over its failure to produce records on the FBI’s search for the legendary gold, said in a court filing Friday that the FBI initially said its records of the dig included 17 video files. Now, the government claims there are only four videos. Federal officials have not explained the discrepancy, the treasure hunters said.

“This raises the obvious question of whether videotapes were destroyed in the interim,” wrote attorney Anne Weismann, Finders Keepers' lawyer. Weismann asked a judge to order the FBI to explain the discrepancy in the number of video files it says it has.

A spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Washington, D.C., which is defending the treasure hunters' lawsuit, declined comment on the videos.