decisions based on political ideology or based on their belief of what was right and what was wrong. at the end of the day, we rely on our secret service to protect the president physically, not to protect the president politically. we have to get to the bottom of this and understand whether that something that happened here. well put. the secret service claimed these text messages were from january 5th and sixth i got erased as part of a device replacement program and none of the texts of the intent inspector general were speaking were lost in the migration. how do they know that that? we will talk about that, the select committee member said this about these missing texts, here it is. it is quite crazy that the secret service would end up deleting anything related to one of the more infamous days in american history, particularly when it comes to the role of the secret service. are you concerned about why these texts meant went missing? i am, to your first point i
the junior staffer who led those people into the oval office for that meeting. also late on friday, the committee issued a subpoena to the secret service, actually warned they reportedly erased text messages from january 5th and sixth, 2021 as part of the device replacement program after being directed to save those communications. here is how committee member adam kinzinger, republican in illinois, described that decision this week. we made the decision as the committee that we need the subpoena these records, the ig came in front of us and said look we ve been working hard to get this. they claim it was this technological change, they removed everything. we lost these stacks. and they also put up a statement that said we only lost some of the tax and everything relevant to this investigation has been turned over. so those are very conflicting statements, so we decided as a committee, let s request these by tuesday, and we can make a decision. now all this sets the stage for thurs
actually interviewed the overstock guy, and that would be patrick byrne, about that meeting for almost eight hours. tomorrow, they ll be talking to a guy named garrett ziegler. he is a former aide to peter navarro who is reporting to be the junior staffer who led those people into the oval office for that meeting. also late on friday, the committee issued a subpoena to the secret service, actually warned they reportedly erased text messages from january 5th and sixth, 2021, as part of the device replacement program after being directed to save those communications. here is how committee member adam kinzinger, republican in illinois, described that decision this week. we made the decision, as the committee, that we need to subpoena these records, the ig came in front of us and said look we ve been working hard to get this. they claim it was this technological change, they removed everything. we lost these texts. and they also put up a
been deleted, accidentally when the phones were re-set as part of a device replacement program. the secret service denies the messages were deleted on purpose. is it possible, frank, i mean, joe, how could this be possible, that they could only lose text messages from those days. i just don t believe it. especially, frank, what sort of consequences do you face as a bureaucrat if you re told by the inspector general that they need the texts from the 5th and 6th. and also congress requests them and congress requested them even before the deletions. so, i mean, it seems to me when you get a production request, whether it is from the united states congress or whether it is from an inspector general, you know that if your erasing those messages for any reason, you re in trouble, right?
homeland security s inspector general. earlier last week, that i.g. revealed after requesting pertinent records from the secret service for a probe into the insurrection, the agency said texts from january 5th and 6th had been accidentally erased from the phones, that were reset, as part of a device replacement program. yesterday, committee members expressed skepticism about the story and optimism that the messages could and would be recovered. we need them. and we expect to get them by this tuesday. i was shocked to hear that they didn t back up their data before they re-set their iphones. that s crazy. i don t know why that would be. i think we will know more tuesday. it is quite crazy that the secret service would actually end up deleting anything related to one of the more infamous days of american history, particularly when it comes to the role of the secret service. the word crazy used repeatedly there. the secret service for its part