The Hill's Evening Report — Secret Service gives single text to Jan. 6 panel

View Online  Evening Report Wednesday, July 20 ©  Getty Images Secret Service gives single text to J6 panel The only text message the Secret Service turned over to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol was a plea from then-Capitol Police officer Steven Sund asking for help.   Lawmakers on the panel are increasingly confused and irritated by the lack of messages from the Secret Service after it subpoenaed the records following a letter from a government watchdog indicating that messages had been "erased" during a device replacement program.    "That's all that we have," Rep. Stephanie Murphy (D-Fla.) told The Hill. A source close to the Secret Service previously told The Hill that Sund had contacted the Secret Service on Jan. 6 requesting assistance   "That message was captured and it was turned over," the source said.    The Secret Service has denied that it maliciously deleted any text messages but has said some data was lost during a system migration.   Read more. 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