In the article:  If and when this is addressed in front of a court, those votes which were counted during the period of spoliation may be excluded, thereby giving the President the victory in Pennsylvania and perhaps other states where this occurred, since the President was way ahead in the election on election night in these states.  They're talking about this act of criminal "spoilation" and how the law/court deals with destruction of evidence. It's a potential legal angle with potential to create a precedent going forward.