Secret Service And The Missing January 6th Texts

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Why is the US Secret Service suddenly being referred to as the “Shady” Service?

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By now, we all know that on January 6, 2021, a gang of Donald Trump MAGA fanatics attacked the US Capitol in an effort to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. We know that hundreds of Trump sycophants traipsed through the American seat of democracy chanting “Hang Mike Pence” as they searched for the vice president and Democratic leaders to bring them some MAGA “justice.” We’re aware that the Secret Service moved VP Pence to a secure location in order to protect him from the blood-thirsty crowd. We’ve also heard how Trump (unsuccessfully) ordered his security detail to allow his armed supporters onto the Ellipse near The White House for his speech because “they’re not here to hurt me.” Of course, we’ve also heard the story of how Trump reportedly assaulted a Secret Service agent who refused to take him to the Capitol to witness and participate in the insurrection.

However, what we may not know is that the House Select Committee currently investigating the events of January 6th ordered the presidential protection agency to turn over all texts between agents on that day. The committee wanted to know what was going on behind the scenes with Mike Pence and the assassination threat against him — as well as what exactly Donald Trump (who incited the violent attack) was up to when the insurrection was taking place.

The only problem is that the agency miraculously deleted the texts.

Yes, a treasure trove of valuable text information from January 6th was (ahem) “accidentally” deleted on January 11. Every single text gone. All but one.

Now, according to The Washington Post, the agency says it “has determined it has no new texts to provide Congress relevant to its January 6 investigation,” and that any messages that were exchanged between agents around the time of the Capitol attack were purged. Permanently!

CNN offered an interesting take on the lost texts:

In other words, the Secret Service was told on January 16, 2021, not to delete anything, and then 11 days later…started deleting everything. Because their phones were being migrated. Which seems like something that could have been temporarily paused given the circumstances. (Separately, it seems like an extremely bad policy to rely on rank-and-file employees to ensure highly sensitive communications—like ones of potential national security significance—get appropriately saved.)

In their defense, Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi insisted that the agency did not “maliciously delete text messages,” and that this was truly a case of them being lost only because of the aforementioned plan to replace phones of staff members.

“This obviously, this doesn’t look good. Coincidences can happen but we really need to get to the bottom of this and get a lot more information than we have currently.”
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), House Select Committee

Did the US Secret Service make an honest mistake and accidentally delete all but one lone text from January 6th only days after being ordered to save the electronic messages? Or, could it be possible that something shady is going on here?

Hmmm…

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DJ July 21, 2022

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Wil

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July 21, 2022 8:33 AM

CNN: Former impeachment lawyer and White House ethics czar Norm Eisen speculated whether there were Secret Service agents who are part of Donald Trump’s plot to overthrow the government. Speaking to CNN on Sunday, Eisen said that his questions go deeper than just the text messages but about the alliances that the law enforcement agents have with the former president. “I think that the questions have a larger significance than just whether texts were lost or not,” he began. “I’m more concerned that after Cassidy Hutchinson testified, after the blockbuster testimony about Donald Trump’s anger that he couldn’t go to the Capitol, that some in the Secret Service seem to be part of an anonymous whisper campaign disagreeing with her story. Mr. [Anthony] Ornato, Mr. [Bobby] Engel. And then you find out there have been other witnesses who have come forward and pushed back on that, including a member of… Read more »

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July 21, 2022 1:39 PM

This is good information Wil. The way folks follow Trump to the end is like he is Hitler or the antichrist or something.

Truthiz1

July 21, 2022 8:40 AM

Why is the US Secret Service suddenly being referred to as the “Shady” Service? […] -DJ

Because that’s exactly what that agency is, “Shady” AND Corrupt to its very foundation.

Honestly, until the Jan 6 hearing I did not know the Secret Service had fallen to such a deep dark place regarding its culture and operations, quite some time ago, that Washington Post writer and best selling author, Carol Leonnig wrote a book about the agency titled:

‘Zero Fail: The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service’

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July 21, 2022 1:40 PM

Hey Truth they have become just as crooked as regular police. You cannot trust them anymore.

July 21, 2022 8:45 AM

Carol Leonnig has been reporting on the Secret Service for The Washington Post for most of the last decade, bringing to light the secrets, scandals, and shortcomings that plague the agency today—from a toxic work culture to dangerously outdated equipment to the deep resentment within the ranks at key agency leaders, who put protecting the agency’s once-hallowed image before fixing its flaws. But the Secret Service wasn’t always so troubled. […] – Amazon

July 21, 2022 8:48 AM

A little SS history…….

[The Secret Service was born in 1865, in the wake of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, but its story begins in earnest in 1963, with the death of John F. Kennedy. Shocked into reform by its failure to protect the president on that fateful day in Dallas, this once-sleepy agency was radically transformed into an elite, highly trained unit that would redeem itself several times, most famously in 1981 by thwarting an assassination attempt against Ronald Reagan. But this reputation for courage and excellence would not last forever.

By Barack Obama’s presidency, the once-proud Secret Service was running on fumes and beset by mistakes and alarming lapses in judgment: break-ins at the White House, an armed gunman firing into the windows of the residence while confused agents stood by, and a massive prostitution scandal among agents in Cartagena, to name just a few.] – Amazon

July 21, 2022 8:55 AM

A little SS history (conclusion)……

[With Donald Trump’s arrival, a series of promised reforms were cast aside, as a president disdainful of public service instead abused the Secret Service to rack up political and personal gains.

To explore these problems in the ranks, Leonnig interviewed dozens of current and former agents, government officials, and whistleblowers who put their jobs on the line to speak out about a hobbled agency that’s in desperate need of reform. “I will be forever grateful to them for risking their careers,” she writes, “not because they wanted to share tantalizing gossip about presidents and their families, but because they know that the Service is broken and needs fixing. By telling their story, they hope to revive the Service they love.” ] – Amazon

July 21, 2022 9:04 AM

Re: the deleted texts……..

[In their defense, Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi insisted that the agency did not “maliciously delete text messages,” and that this was truly a case of them being lost only because of the aforementioned plan to replace phones of staff members.] -DJ

Yeah riiiight…smh! Anthony Guglielmi knows darn well that THAT is a Lie!

[Did the US Secret Service make an honest mistake and accidentally delete all but one lone text from January 6th only days after being ordered to save the electronic messages? Or, could it be possible that something shady is going on here?] -DJ

Not only is it possible….I would bet money on it!

July 21, 2022 1:34 PM

This is as shady as it gets. Nobody in their right mind is going to believe the people who are supposed to protect the president cannot even protect some text messages. Especially after they were told keep them all but ended up losing them anyway. This is all just more proof these Trump racists are all over the place. The police, military, secret service, everywhere.

July 21, 2022 1:36 PM

I remember when Biden first took office, he made sure all the secret service agents at the White House got reassigned to someplace else. He did not trust them with his life after they were with Trump and I would not trust them either.

July 21, 2022 2:22 PM

Breaking News: (CNN)The Department of Homeland Security inspector general has directed the Secret Service to stop its internal investigations into what happened to text messages related to January 6 that may have been deleted, according to a letter reviewed by CNN. The inspector general wrote that the Secret Service should stop investigating the matter because it could interfere with the inspector general’s own investigation into what happened to the agency’s text messages. The letter adds to the growing tension between the Secret Service and the DHS inspector general over the potentially missing text messages, which are being sought by the House select committee as part of its investigation into former President Donald Trump’s actions and movements on January 6, 2021. “To ensure the integrity of our investigation, the USSS must not engage in any further investigative activities regarding the collection and preservation of the evidence referenced above,” DHS deputy inspector… Read more »