How did the Secret Service lose its Jan. 6 texts? So far, the explanations won't wash

[marmar]

How did the Secret Service lose its Jan. 6 texts? So far, the explanations won't wash
Secret Service denies it "maliciously" deleted Jan. 6 texts. But they're gone, and our republic needs them

By NORMAN EISEN - FREDERICK BARON - DENNIS AFTERGUT


The U.S. Secret Service motto is "Worthy of Trust and Confidence." Recent events, including the apparent deletion of Jan. 6 evidence, have put a large question mark after that phrase, and the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection is moving to answer the question. Producing a complete inventory of the agency's texts around Jan. 5 and 6, 2021, is vital to the committee's search for truth.

The Secret Service was already embroiled in controversy about whether former agents may have been involved in witness intimidation targeting star committee witness Cassidy Hutchinson for her testimony about Trump's violent intent on Jan. 6. Then, on July 13, it emerged that the agency had deleted text messages relating to what happened on Jan. 5 and 6, and apparently did so after Inspector General Joseph Cuffaris requested them. Next, Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi wrote that some of the agency's phone data had been lost due to a "pre-planned, three-month system migration" requiring agents to reset their mobile phones. His statement "confirmed to [the Inspector General] that none of the texts it was seeking had been lost in the migration."

The committee subpoenaed the texts. According to committee member Rep. Zoe Lofgren, a California Democrat, the Secret Service said "they, in fact, had "pertinent texts." But on July 19, the Service announced it had nothing further to produce, apparently contradicting the statement that "none of the texts . . . had been lost." The Service has vigorously denied the IG's charges that it obfuscated or "maliciously" deleted texts. But when an agency cannot seem to keep its story straight, it is Congress' oversight responsibility to penetrate the fog of facts.

That the agency has offered shifting explanations about the disappearing texts is alarming — their relevance would have been obvious to any law enforcement agency. Without question, any scheduled data deletion or device-replacement program should have been immediately suspended due to the paramount importance of preserving evidence regarding the historically unprecedented events of Jan. 6. .............(more)

https://www.salon.com/2022/07/20/how-did-the-secret-lose-its-jan-6-texts-so-far-the-explanations-wont-wash/

[mitch96]

1. "lose its Jan.6 texts? ".. I'm curious if the NSA with all their super voodoo crypto analysis

could "miraculously" find the texts on the phones/servers?? The J6 committee said they would all avenues to find the info from missing texts...
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[magicarpet]

2. These redneck LEOs and Secret Service dudes worship the Tangerine King of Fraud,...

Like the police authorities - the Secret Service,...
.... worships the ground King Tangerine walks on and would do anything to protect, defend, and cover up for their royal highness even if his actions are/were blatantly illegal.

They do not want their messiah (trDUMP) besmirched by the reality that the election loss necessitated a military (militia) junta or coup d ' etat and the over throw of American Democracy to install the loser as despot. That was his full intention.

The fascists at the Secret Service destroyed all relevant communications and otherwise made them disappear so the King of Fraud could live another day to hatch his next scheme and plot to trash America.

Fuck the oath to defend the Constitution,.. this is a Fascist fun-fest,... and any Nazi knows the fascist agenda is paramount. The end agenda justifies any means to get there and see that the agenda ultimately reaches fruition.

Pertinent communications relevant to the planning and execution of the coup d' etat - courtesy of the Secret Service - mysteriously, magically, coincidentally, and conveniently disappeared.

Absent the evidentiary records and recordings trDUMP's guilt remains ambiguous,.. so the Secret Service hopes/thinks/anticipates.

Stand by, provide cover for, and defend your Fascist brethren. The thin black line, decorated with swastikas.

USA,.. USA,.. USA.

Again,.. Fuck the US Constitution,.. and Fuck any oath to defend the same.

The world is watching this astounding shit show.
Fascists have not one iota of shame.

[KarenS]

3. yes, yes, indeed. n/t

[Midnight Writer]

4. Question is, do they still have Jan 4 or Jan 7 texts? If so, these texts were purposefully deleted.

[LiberalFighter]

5. I agree

[LiberalFighter]

6. There need to be a lot of SS agents held accountable up the ladder.

[tccturtle]

7. comment: we need a Secret Service whistle blower

I came across that comment today on an interesting Tweet:

I would surprised if the Secret Service doesn't have some manner of protection for coming forward on the stuff they see.
Or do they pledge to take it all to the grave?

Link to tweet

[tclambert]

8. If I were President, I would demand the head of the Secret Service produce the data or face firing

for gross incompetence. It is difficult bordering on impossible to completely delete electronic data. It is impossible to do it accidentally. It is extremely difficult to do it intentionally. Somebody has an old sim card or a data backup somewhere. If the head of the Secret Service cannot recover the data in, say, 5 days, he would be fired for incompetence and the whole case be turned over to the FBI, who would be instructed to tear the Secret Service to shreds in order to find the data. The FBI's cyber crime experts would be tasked to scour every electronic device the Secret Service has ever touched. And many members of the Secret Service would go to prison.