The Secret Service says it “lost” critical communications from January 5 and 6, 2021, supposedly as a part of a routine process.Does that explanation not quite sound believable? It shouldn’t. Because, really, how could the Secret Service, a law enforcement agency well versed in the practice of preserving documents and corroborating stories, just accidentally destroy communications from one of the most momentous days in its history—especially after the agency was asked to preserve exactly those types of documents?
It must be nothing. The DHS IG has told the Secret Service not to bother investigating the matter any further.
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As an insurance IT guy I am inclined to give the Secret Service the benefit of the doubt based on their response. I do not trust the Bulwark or anybody testi-lying in front of the J6 show trial. The Secret Service acknowledges that some data was lost in the migration, which is entirely reasonable as stuff happens, but it appears no texts requested by the OIG even after the migration started were impacted. The whole purpose of exempting the impact of previously scheduled normal operations, even deliberate records destruction, from claims of data destruction is to avoid this kind of finger-pointing about 'you should have known we'd ask for this.' The Secret Service is good but not required to be omniscient.
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