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>> the secret service certainly has more explaining to do. the department of homeland security, which houses the secret service, really needs to take more of a leadership role in helping to manage this response to congress and get to the bottom of what has happened to these messages. i think congressional overseers at this point but they really need to start asking from the secret service and from dhs is whether the steps that they are taking to determine first of all, whether any of these messages are still recover -able. i think i am holding out, don, that there is still a possibil...

but this source says that it was january 27th, after the request. what do you think of that discrepancy? they clearly have some explaining to do here. >> the secret service certainly has nor explaining to do. and the department of homeland security, which houses the secret service, really needs to take more of a leadership role in helping to manage this response to congress and get to the bottom of what has happened to these messages. i think congressional overseers at this point, what they really need to start asking from the secret service and from dhs is what are the steps that th...

Stuff, and why wasn't it preserved? and who directed this operation of getting rid of these texts, and why did they do it? and can this be recovered now, because i think as most people know, just because you hit delete on an email or delete a text doesn't mean it's gone forever. it sometimes can be recovered. and that is an operation that i expect the january 6th committee and possibly the fbi will want to be doing because these texts are very important. this is perhaps some of the most important documentary records of what donald trump was doing on january 5th and 6th because the secret servi...

Happens to the rest of the stuff and why wasn't it preserved? who directed this operation of getting rid of these text? why did they do it? can this be recovered now? because i think it's most people know, just as you hit the lead on an email or at the league attacks, doesn't mean it's gone forever. it is sometimes can be recovered. that is an operation that expected generate six committee and possibly the fbi will want to be doing. because these texts are very important. i mean this is perhaps some of the most important documentary records of what donald trump was doing on january 5th and six...