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Testifying to. >> all right, thank you so much for breaking that all down for us. top house democrats are saying that the inspector general is obstructing their congressional investigations. they're referring to secret service text messages from around the time of the january 6th insurrection. jessica schneider has more details. the democratic chairs of these two committees, they're calling this unacceptable. >> yeah, and, you know, alex, this is the latest escalation in this constant battle between these two top democrats, it's bennie thompson and carolyn maloney. them versus the dhs ig. th...

They also say that he said he had shared what he needed to. they're saying that's just not how it works. congress has oversight on this and they're accusing him of what they're saying, hiding evidence from congress of your misconduct and mismanagement. now we have reached out to the ig's office. there's no response so far. this is all just part of this escalation as this investigation continues into these missing secret service texts and the two members of congress here are saying that the ig just hasn't been forthright with them or sharing what he's supposed to. alex? >> some very strong lang...

D.o.d. officials after january 6th, and the concern here is that those phones held valuable information, valuable insight into why exactly it took hours to deploy the national guard to the capitol, and maybe how trump was or was not weighing in on that decision. now it appears those texts are gone and you combine that with the revelation over the past several weeks that the secret service texts are gone. it has members of congress asking for answers, and now they are pressing the pentagon inspector general to look into this, just as the dhs ig is looking for the missing secret service texts. h...

The prosecutor and some of the agents on the case, some who work for the secret service and we said we lost them, we did a communications upgrade and they're gone, that case would have been thrown out of court and i would have serious questions to answer. i think there are major organizational questions. the fact that secret service is even contemplating suspending the use of text is really an embarrassment for secret service, but i think it says something, it is like a parent saying i no longer trust you with the keys to the car to a teenager. th i think that's how serious this situation has ...

D.o.j., dhs-ig and the january 6th committee and these overlapping investigations could produce more information on the secret service. the vast majority of secret service agents are extremely dedicated, dedicated to their mission, and i can't imagine there is some vast conspiracy to cover up criminal activity but there could be some things that could illuminate the state of mind of the president and i think that would be something to know. >> and of course not, jeremy, people in government are good people doing the right thing but remember president trump hand selected many of the people arou...