6th insurrection are missing, conveniently, from a third government agency. this time it s the department of defense. texts and e-mails from top pentagon officials who would have been in charge of mobilizing the national guard, including former defense secretary christopher miller and army secretary ryan mccarthy, but also other more controversial figures like last-minute pentagon appointee and trump loyalist kash patel. former pentagon chief of staff. according to a federal court filing, the pentagon and the army said that when an employee leeves the pentagon and turns in their phone, the phone is wiped and text messages from around the attack were, quote, not preserved and, therefore, could not be searched. the government watchdog group american oversight sued for the records and is asking attorney general merrick garland to open an investigation into the pentagon s failure. senate judiciary committee chair dick durbin has also called on garland to investigate wiped texts from the cb