If you use empty trash in the unified trash folder, it empties the trash of all configured accounts, not just the ones set in the unified folder properties as I would expect.
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Thanks for posting this. Indeed, this reproduces for me and deserves a bug report.
Can you file one at https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Thunderbird ?
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