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Service they had 30 days to tell them what happened to these messages. and if they were improperly did need, it just wine how that happened. as we reported in that story, the secret service told us they actually do still have all these phones. despite the story and reporting of throwing away as part of the device replacement program. they are going to try to recover them from the phones. but there wasn't a lot of hope they would be able to do so. >> what has your reporting indicated about the committees reaction so far to today's news? have they given any kind of reaction behind the scenes to ...

Potentially with the disappearance of these messages. so that's why as we reported today the archives under federal law notified the secret service that they had 30 days to tell them what happened to these messages if they were improperly deleted to explain how that happened. now, as we reported in that story, the secret service told us that they actually do still have all these phones. despite this earlier reporting about going away as part of a device replacement program. they're going to try to recover them from the phones, but there wasn't a lot of hope they would be able to do so. what ha...

And what does the national archive hope to get the congress can't? >> archives, you remember, is the caretaker of all these records for the federal government. and the fact that they've taken an interest in this particular matter goes to show they think something is up. potentially with the disappearance of these messages. that's why, as we reported today, the archives under federal law notify the secret service they had 30 days to tell them what happened to these messages. and if they were improperly did need, it just wine how that happened. as we reported in that story, the secret service to...

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 ...

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 pr...