may have we may lose the ability to leave. the agents text each other afterwards about what they went through? were they texting before the fact about their concerns about what happened that day or what the president was saying or doing? we still don t know. however, tonight we do know more about when the agency s top watchdog knew the messages were missing. tonight, multiple sources familiar with the matter, tell cnn that the inspector general first learned of the missing messages back in may of 2021. now, that s significant because that s not what secret service officials told congress. they told congress that the inspector general, joseph ka far ri, knew in december of 2021. and if he knew in may of 2021, that means it was more than a year before he told the house select committee that potentially crucial information might have been erased. the secret service, as you know, says the messages were lost during a scheduled data migration that began on january 27th, three w
we still don t know. however, tonight we do know more about when the agency s top watchdog knew the messages were missing. tonight multiple sources familiar with the matter tell cnn that the inspector general for the department of homeland security which oversees the secret service first learned of the missing messages in may of 2021. now, that s significant because that s not what secret service officials told congress. they told congress that the inspector general joseph kafari knew in december of 2021, and if he knew in may of 2021, that means it was more than a year before he told the house select committee that potentially crucial information might have been erased. now, the secret service as you know says the messages were lost during a scheduled data migration that began on january 27th, three weeks after the capitol attack. it s also a week after several house committees directed dhs to produce all documents or materials relevant to it so they knew congress wanted to
as so many have done? yeah, i think you will invoke any privilege he has to think of. realistically, now he has been told he s a target, he should. it would be foolish not to they ll try attorney-client privilege which i think is dubious because it does not apply to conversations that aren t he will take the fifth if he has to, look, it is his right to do so. and as you said, there are investigations swirling around. there came this moment lace last week when we were so deep in mar-a-lago discussions, which remains important, but at one point on thursday night. oh yeah, this january 6th also. i mean, let s not forget, how long ago does it seem that we were doing the january 6th hearings? it seems like a lifetime ago. but that stuff has not gone away. that will come back in georgia. that will come back with doj. that will come back with congress. it s nuts, let s talk of the department. the probable cause, right? but they are saying about the affidavit. it s a secret,
very clear, too, that no one, no one, including a president of the united states, is above the law. by the way, today is the six-year anniversary of that speech in indiana. happy anniversary to the president, as the fbi goes through his documents this morning. what a long road it s been. you know, he actually, i guess, in 2018, willie, he passed a law. he signed a law that actually made the protection of classified material even stronger. that is a good thing to do. it is a good thing to do. he said in the campaign law and order party. he was going to protect all classified information. so says it in the campaign. willie, he actually passes legislation. kept his word. he signs it, comes into law. that the penalties for not protecting classified information going to be even tougher because of hillary clinton s emails. yeah, remember the context of that speech six years ago was all about hillary clinton and the emails and the private server that she had.
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