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you are asking for the opportunity to leave the new at least have the wherewithal and the confidence and the integrity to say im going to tell it like it is. because i would hope -- again, i recognized but im saying. people are probably chuckling and say that is not how washington d.c. works. well thats how it should actually work. dont call me baby girl. >> you call yourself a bigger. >> hey, i can say baby girl. [laughs] >> but you cant? i would say you are right. you are right thoug...

doug jones who said the problem is that everyone during the 2016 election in the green room would say one thing about the former president before the cameras were rolling and the commercial break, and all the sudden, the lights came on and they said a completely different thing, because it is beneficial to them to say it. was it doug jones who said it? hes absolutely right. >> doug jones, doug heye, the two dougs, they call themselves douggy fresh, who are sitting behind the cameras ri...

Trump electors, and we have been told they are not target of this criminal probe. they were initially told that they were considered witnesses. what is this escalation mean? should expect charges? do you see this is an escalation? >> it is definitely an escalation. it doesnt mean that necessarily expect charges but they should not be surprised if they get charged. merely being brought in as a witness is exactly that. they are sought for their testimony, when they are target, that means they are ...

Turn a lot of things over when you know that you are a prosecutor or investigator and theyre in your possession. so, again, backing up everything olivia said. there is a moral or social failing, but also big we go into. >> thank you both, i enjoyed the conversation, so many questions right? so many questions about this potentially missing secret service text from the day of the insurrection. and now the national archives getting involved, demanding answers, but is there any weight recover the te...

>> when were thing done -- im sorry lavar. it is not just a good government think. it is actually the reason office to say things like text messages. because of they need to be turned over to defend its investigations and so one. this is an obligation that the government puts on banks to investigate them. but isnt preserving its own data. >> if you lose information like that. that could lose your case. its a loss of evidence. >> theres practical reasons, but theres also a requirement under law t...

Exactly that. they are set for their testimony. when there are a target, that means they are being investigated and could be the subject and ultimately be charged. look, oftentimes, when people are targets of investigations, that is not where it ends. it can either expand to other targets at the level or up to train. i think we know what that means and other people that can ultimately reach, namely the president of the united states, we will see. >> olivia, lets look ahead to thursdays primetime...

Agents in the position of deciding whether to store their own data. but their circumstances were comes at people need to look at it like today. >> olivia, they should know better. look at at the sex messages as if it was a different agency, but with peter strzok, who played such a big role in this. people screamed out peter strzok and the text messages. and then we have another agency in the government and text messages could play a big role. with all the sudden, they are gone. >> i have a coupl...

Relevant, don. -- >> the worry, its not the worst i have been called. >> i dont think it is relevant to ask questions about criminality. which is whatever is talking about here. but also just the former president fitness to serve. that multiple members of the cabinet, repeatedly, and senior staffer repeatedly talking about removing the president and what they could do. now, the operation of the 25th amendment for folks who dont know is that a majority of the cabinet can in fact, than together an...

The hands of individual agents were officers. they couldve required that they use certain phones or certain apps that stored messages in data. because messages dont automatically get saved or stored. i think people dont know that. that is the failure here. it really it is the kind of thing that congress ought to take a look at. or the inspector general. this independent body that investigates the secret service, ought to take a look at. it is just the failure and how government works. you just s...

Accountability. i think that needs to be accountability for a federal agency here. if we let them off the hook on this one, i think that all bets are off. i think that we -- >> but what is accountability, olivia, with this one? >> thats a good question. i think its accountability at the leadership level, first and foremost. you are putting the onus on these agents to backup their texts. but also, ive got to say, if you are a secret service agent and you are making constant well time security dec...