Secret Service's January 6 text messages story has shifted several times, panel told

[Jilly_in_VA]

The Secret Service’s account about how text messages from the day before and the day of the Capitol attack were erased has shifted several times, the inspector general for the Department of Homeland Security told the House January 6 select committee at a briefing on Friday.

At one point, the explanation from the Secret Service for the lost texts was because of software upgrades, the inspector general told the panel, while at another point, the explanation was because of device replacements.

The inspector general also said that though the secret service opted to have his office do a review of the agency’s response to the Capitol attack in lieu of conducting after-action reports, it then stonewalled the review by slow-walking production of materials.

After the inspector general raised his complaints, he then discussed the feasibility of reconstructing the texts. But the issues so alarmed the select committee that the panel moved hours later to subpoena the Secret Service, according to participants at the briefing.

The string of fast-paced developments on Capitol Hill reflected how the erasure of the Secret Service texts – first disclosed in a letter to Congress by the inspector general, Joseph Cuffari – has become a top priority for the congressional inquiry into January 6.

The circumstances surrounding the erasure of the Secret Service texts from the day before and the day of the Capitol attack have become central for the select committee as it investigates how it planned to move Donald Trump and Mike Pence as the violence unfolded.

The texts are potentially significant for investigators as the Secret Service played a crucial role in preventing Donald Trump from going to the Capitol that day and wanted to remove then-vice-president Mike Pence from the complex, according to the panel.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jul/16/secret-service-deleted-text-messages-january-6

Get yer story straight, bozos!

[Novara]

1. what the fuck are they hiding?

I mean, they prevented the orange fuck from going to the Capitol so why do they need to hide this?

I can understand hiding the texts that likely deal with trying to get Pence removed, like who gave the order (we can all guess) and what they did. I mean, when they reported back that Pence was not going with them, was there another freakout (likely)?

The coverup makes it look all the more damning.

[Jilly_in_VA]

2. Their level of participation

in the coup, I suspect. I think about half the Secret Service is SS, the rest are okay.

[ARPad95]

3. That's what happens when too many are involved in the plot...

it's too hard for everyone to keep the story straight.

[Kid Berwyn]

4. It's not like they were trying to overthrow the government.

It’s that they were trying to overthrow the government.

[H2O Man]

5. Recommended.

It's almost like they are lying. But worse.

[ProfessorGAC]

6. Is "Sort Of Lying" A Thing?

If it is, they can fall back on that.

[H2O Man]

7. Yep!

Especially if they destroy all records, and use Groucho's quote: "I deny everything I say. Everything I said was a lie. Everything I deny is a lie, too."