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A U.S. Secret Service spokesperson admits that some texts were lost but denies they were maliciously deleted.

Secret Service spokesperson admits some texts were lost but denies they were 'maliciously deleted'Cassidy Hutchinson, former aide to Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, testifies on June 28. Hutchinson's testimony involved details of alleged interactions between Donald Trump and the Secret Service.The Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General , in a letter obtained by The Associated Press, said the messages between Jan. 5 and Jan.

"This review led to weeks-long delays in OIG obtaining records and created confusion over whether all records had been produced," states the letter, which was dated Wednesday and sent to leaders of the House and Senate homeland security committees.Trump lunged at Secret Service agent: former White House aideFormer White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson tells the Jan. 6 committee that Donald Trump lunged at a Secret Service agent to try to force him to drive to the Capitol.

Hutchinson recalled being told about a confrontation between Trump and his Secret Service detail as he angrily demanded to be driven to the Capitol, where his supporters would later breach the building. She also recalled overhearing Trump telling security officials to remove magnetometers for his rally on the Ellipse, a park directly south of the White House, even though some of his supporters were armed.

It was not clear why a data migration would take place just as one presidential administration was giving way to a new one, or if that was standard practice in the past.

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