The City Attorney’s Office released an additional 400 pages of messages last week from a group chat among the six members of the Portland City Council’s progressive caucus, which playfully calls itself “Peacock” for short.

The release of the records was awkwardly timed, as city officials and the public were caught up in the impending deployment of Oregon National Guard members by President Trump to tamp down on what he falsely described as a “war-ravaged city.”

It also came as a surprise.

WW previously obtained 311 pages of messages from the chat in late July, and later reported on the contents in August. At the time, there was no indication the city had failed to capture all the texts in the thread. But in an explanatory memo, the City Attorney’s Office said it realized its initial

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