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I love this very carefully worded “denial”: A Secret Service spokesman quickly denied any wrongdoing. “The insinuation that the Secret Service maliciously deleted text messages following a request is false,” said Anthony Guglielmi.

How about intentionally deleted, Mr. Guglielmi?

It appears the 45 cult has even compromised our USSS.

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There is clearly something going on here behind the scenes. Why did it take so long for the IG to notify Congress about this issue is just one red flag. If the messages are still recoverable, then why is there any controversy? Etc.

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If they deleted them maliciously it means that the agents were either trying to protect their turf in general, or were trying to protect Trump in particular. If it was accidental, they're incompetent. Either way that's the end of the SS throwing shade on the claims made by Ms. Hutchinson.

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Interesting parallels to the Watergate scandal. I'm reminded of the "Rose Mary stretch" enshrined in a famous snapshot.

https://www.npr.org/2005/01/24/4463532/rose-mary-woods-devoted-nixon-secretary-dies

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Since it’s highly unlikely anything the Jan 6 committee finds will disqualify Trump from running again I’m betting he will. And people will once again underestimate his chances.

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The job of the Secret Service is to protect their VIPs from outside threats, not from themselves. If they convince the VIP to not do something stupid because of the danger it poses, great. But they also have a duty to the Constitution. Regardless of what some people feel, actions taken on Jan 6 were clearly an attempt to circumvent the Constitution.

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"the Secret Service had erased text messages of agents on January 5-6, 2021 - after investigators asked to review those internal communications." - yet again, people who need to go to prison.

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I bet it's pretty safe to assume Trump vetted his secret service people in his own unique way. I'm very sure he was anxious to surround himself with allies as much as possible.

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