In light of Amazon Echo recordings being used as evidence in a murder case, the White House responded by burning their own Amazon Echo in an incinerator.

The White House Echo was provided be Jeff Bezos personally on a visit to Trump tower. "It was a gift to the President that I thought would be particularly useful, given its easy-to-use NPR news update function," remarked Bezos.

The administration declined to comment on the incinerated device, though the story was confirmed by an anonymous staffer in the White House kitchen. "We basically just put it in a 32qt pot," the staffer said, "put the lid on it and turned up the heat to high."

While Amazon still holds access to whatever audio files have been generated from the device, no one has demanded them to date and it is not likely any demands will be made in the near future.

It has been reported that Bezos sent additional, yet unactivated Amazon Echoes as gifts to world leaders such as Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong Un, and Bashar Al Assad.