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The Pentagon also deleted messages about the assault on Capitol Hill after Trump's departure

MADRID, 3 Ago.

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The Pentagon also deleted messages about the assault on Capitol Hill after Trump's departure

MADRID, 3 Ago. (EUROPA PRESS) -

Text messages received and sent by several senior Pentagon officials who were part of the Trump Administration on January 6, 2021, were deleted from their phones, according to a court filing that cites statements from the Department of Defense and the US military.

The document, collected by the US network CNBC, argues that officials from the Department of Defense and the Army have confirmed the deletion of messages appealing to the fact that, when an employee is separated from his public duties, "the phone issued by the Government is handed over and the phone is erased.

These details have come to light two weeks after the committee in charge of investigating the assault on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, asked the United States Secret Service for the text messages deleted during the day of the insurrection, as well as the of the following 24 hours.

The US Secret Service (USSS), in charge of protecting the president of the United States --among others--, continues to be the focus of the investigation into the assault on the capitol after panel witnesses described that former president Trump demanded his protective service to take him to the Capitol shortly before the rioters stormed the building.

"It wasn't just the Secret Service. Our lawsuit revealed that the phones of top Department of Defense and Army officials were also wiped and all messages from January 6 were deleted," watchdog American Oversight said. it's a statement.

"The apparent elimination of records on January 6 by various agencies reinforces the need for an interagency investigation into the possible destruction of federal records," the letter continued, collected by 'The Washington Post'.

The messages could prove that Trump's request is true, so in a preventive way, someone could have deleted them, according to the aforementioned chain. Also, the committee has concluded, the Secret Service deleted the text messages shortly after they were first requested by the panel on February 26, 2021.