abstract:Leading strings are strings or straps by which to support a child learning to walk. In 17th and 18th century Europe, they were narrow straps of fabric attached to children's clothing which originally functioned as a sort of leash to keep the child from straying too far or falling as they learned to walk.
That calculation is what the government alleged Mix was trying to hide from the U.S. government when he deleted those two text message stringsleading to charges of obstruction of justice.