The Department of Homeland Security said that the text messages were deleted.
texts“The Secret Service was aware that this was one of the signature events of our country, and that there would be a need to preserve all of the evidence because of that, and also there’s an obligation for federal agencies to retain records,” said Representative Zoe Lofgren to
. Lofrgren is a member of the Select Committee and a Democratic Representative from California. “So, this is troubling, but they said they’ve got the texts and the Committee intends to get them all ASAP.”The Intercept said that Secret Service originally claimed that the text messages were deleted as a part of a “device-replacement program.
The content of the text messages themselves is unknown, but given the proximity between the Secret Service and POTUS, the messages will likely illuminate the actions of former president Trump in the moments leading up to and during the January 6th Insurrection, potentially lending credence to
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