# Secret Service deleted texts around January 6 as part of a "device-replacement" program

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**Created:** [July 15, 2022, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-service-deleted-texts-around-january-6-as-part-of-a-device-replacement-program/967977 "2022-07-15T00:17:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2022, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-service-deleted-texts-around-january-6-as-part-of-a-device-replacement-program/967977/10 "2022-07-15T03:51:36Z")

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It would also be truly bizarre to delete January 5 and 6 but not the 4th, to follow some data retention rule. (Mind you, it’s not clear that that happened, but that seems to be the implication.) Swiss cheese retention is not a standard that anyone would ever have. You might keep data from certain important dates, but not delete certain dates.

The interesting question, I guess, will be whether the Secret Service were competent enough to delete completely, or if these are the usual “specially Trump chosen”?

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