- The phones were handed to the Homeland Security Department's inspector general, Joseph Cuffari, who was appointed by Donald Trump
- Secret Service leaders supposedly gave him the phones 'shortly after' a letter telling them that missing texts from January 5 and 6 were under a criminal probe
- Text messages from January 5 and 6 last year were deleted as part of a routine update, the Secret Service said when messages were requested
- Cuffari has been accused by House Democrats of slow walking his probe
- The Secret Service texts were placed center stage when former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson testified Trump lunged at an agent on January 6
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