Secret Service’s January 6 text messages story has shifted several times, panel is told

Explanation for how the messages from 5 and 6 January 2021 were deleted has gone from software upgrades to device replacements

The Secret Service's account about how text messages from the day before and the day of the Capitol attack were erased has shifted several times, the inspector general for the Department of Homeland Security told the House January 6 select committee at a briefing on Friday.

At one point, the explanation from the Secret Service for the lost texts was because of software upgrades, the inspector general told the panel, while at another point, the explanation was because of device replacements.