security s top watchdog, reportedly abandoned plans this year to try to recover deleted secret service text messages. sources tell the washington post, that after learning of the missing messages in february, inspector general joseph cafary planned to detective data. but later, they decided it would not collect or review any secret service cell phones. who did he talk to? because congress. what was behind that decision. congress was demanding these texts. it would take until july, joe, for cafary to inform members of congress that the messages were eraced those tickets from january 5th and 6th of 2021 were deleted when that the secret service was a device that s a lie. which everybody at this point knows is completely
something we take very seriously, and i would also say that the department of justice certainly is very focused based on what we see publicly on what is the largest criminal investigation in american history. the head of the secret service who is set to retire this week is pushing back against the notion that the agency isn t cooperating with the january 6th select committee. in a statement, director james murray writes in part, quote, since day one, i have directed our personnel to cooperate completely. we will continue to cooperate fully with the house committee and any other investigative body, and remain committed to helping ensure that another such lawless and violent assault on our constitutional process never takes place again. earlier this month, the department of homeland security s inspector general revealed that the secret service had erased all text messages from january 5th and 6th of 2021, and claimed it was accidental. a follow-up subpoena by the house select committee
have been calling on president biden to take action may finally get their wish. but for some, this executive action won t go nearly far enough. we ll explain. plus, vladimir putin takes his first foreign trip since the invasion of ukraine as the russian president looks for an ally in a nation also isolated from the west. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, july 20th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for joining us. the secret service is now saying text messages that may have been able to corroborate some of the events of january 6th are likely gone forever. after being issued a subpoena by the house select committee investigating the attack, the agency had enough yesterday to turn over its records from january 5th and 6th of 2021 that it said had been accidentally erased. but after initially being
that. that is made across our country. olivia, i know you ll have something to say about this next story, the secret service is now saying text messages that may have been able to corroborate some or all of the events on january 6th are likely gone forever. after being issued a subpoena by the house select committee investigating the attack, the agency had until yesterday to turn over its records from january 5th and 6th of 2021, that it said had been accidentally erased but after initially being hopeful that the data could be recovered, committee member stephanie murphy revealed otherwise. we received a letter today that did provide us with a lost of documents and some data. however, we did not receive the additional text messages that we were looking for. they received four requests from congressional committees on january 16th, to preserve
also isolated from the west. and the bidens meet with ukraine s first lady at the white house olena zalenska will address congress later today. we re going to cover all of that. and a lot more on this wednesday, july 20th. welcome to morning joe. with joe and me, we have the host of way too early and white house chief at politico jonathan lemire. and former aide to the george w. bush white house and state departments elise jordan. good to have you both with us. we re going to start with the secret service text messages. the secret service now saying those messages that may have been able to corroborate some or all of the events of january 6 are likely gone forever. they erased them. after being issued a subpoena by the house select committee investigating the attack, the agency had until yesterday to turn over its records from january 5th and 6th of 2021. that it said had been