From FB..How did the Secret Service know to only erase Jan. 5 and 6 texts? Good question.

[SheilaAnn]

[Arkansas Granny]

1. Do we know how many dates they requested?

[dlk]

2. This entire episode doesn't pass the smell test

I hope the missing texts are recoverable on servers somewhere.

[Progressive dog]

3. Just a coincidence--of course it was

Sarcasm

[superpatriotman]

4. It's a secret!

Nominative fulfillment

[Nevilledog]

5. Now they're saying no messages were deleted.

Seems like they have the same person running comms as Uvalde did.

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Secret service now on record that none of the texts the OIG was seeking were lost in the migration. Better hope that’s accurate— Won’t be able to walk it back easily if it’s wrong.Looking forward to discussing on @AliciaOnMSNBC w/ guest host @KatiePhang & @MalcolmNance at 7 pm ET
3:25 PM · Jul 16, 2022

[RockRaven]

8. And if true, then the original false claim that messages were deleted was an effort to withhold

evidence from the DHS OIG and Jan 6 Committee, and a very clumsy one. Why did they do that? What were they trying to hide with the "oops, we deleted them, so we can't give them to you" gambit? And who was responsible for that cover up attempt?

[Nevilledog]

9. Another possibility..... They deleted incriminating texts, didn't bother with others.

Guess we'll find out when they release what they have.

[crickets]

10. Interesting to see if all of the texts turned over are innocuous and the useful ones are gone.

Also, from the thread replies:

"Doesn't that raise the question of why the J6 committee doesn't have them yet?"

[Nevilledog]

11. I wanna know the answer to that.

It's kinda like getting a recording of a 911 call....contemporaneous statements as a crime is happening. Prosecutors always requested copies immediately from agencies because usually the retention of those calls was around 30 days.

Remember that trump was there until the 20th, so you know his admin did nothing to try and preserve evidence..... But it's been 18 fucking months.

I know I read that Schiff sent a preservation notice to the secret service before the committee was even formed, but I don't understand how no one requested them before now.

This stuff really goes against everything I know and experienced as a defense attorney.

[msfiddlestix]

14. ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ n/t

[Captain Zero]

16. Right if no incrimating texts show up; they selectively deleted those

Would be my take on it.

[Nevilledog]

17. Or no texts from agents in vital locations.

[uponit7771]

15. Yeah, this is no small deal and I think they figured that out quickly

[Efilroft Sul]

6. You almost never go wrong ruling out accidents and coincidences for premeditation with the R's.

[Irish_Dem]

7. Because those were when the crimes were committed.

You don't erase evidence that makes you look good.

[FakeNoose]

12. They've had enough time to do a complete rewrite

I'm sure they've gone through every text and email from those dates and sanitized any questionable "evidence."
I mean after all, they've had over 18 months to get it done.

[Kid Berwyn]

13. "National Security"

[GoodRaisin]

18. Maybe there were some texts about getting Pence to get in the car

they might be trying to hide.