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MSNBC's Joe Scarborough blasted the Department of Homeland Security for helping to cover up Donald Trump's coup attempt.

The department's inspector general learned about missing Secret Service texts from Jan. 5 and 6, 2021, months before he alerted Congress, and the "Morning Joe" host doesn't believe the explanation that the messages were lost during a planned data migration to upgrade employees' phones.

A longtime Republican lawmaker and former secretary of defense called for a grand jury to investigate Donald Trump's efforts to overturn his election loss.

William Cohen, who represented Maine in the House and Senate for more than two decades before leading the Pentagon through Bill Clinton's second term, told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that GOP lawmakers had shamed themselves by blaming him for the Jan. 6 insurrection but pledging to vote for him again.

Rep. Elaine Luria (D-VA) called on the Department of Justice to open a criminal investigation of former President Donald Trump if there wasn't one already underway.

The Virginia Democrat, who helped lead Thursday's public hearing that covered the former president's actions as the Jan. 6 insurrection unfolded, said Trump violated his oath and committed criminal actions in his attempts to overturn his election loss, and she strongly believed the attorney general should consider prosecuting him.

Former President Donald Trump's actions during the Jan. 6 insurrection were far worse than dereliction of duty, according to a presidential historian.

Michael Bechloss told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" the former president's refusal to call off the mob of his supporters threatening the lives of the vice president and members of Congress was something far more sinister than dereliction, based on testimony from former White House officials and other witnesses who testified before the House Select Committee.

Rudy Giuliani faces significant legal jeopardy in Georgia for his role in former President Donald Trump's attempt to overturn the 2020 election results, according to a legal expert.

The former New York City mayor has been ordered to testify before a special grand jury in Atlanta about his efforts to corrupt the presidential election, and Dave Aronberg, the state attorney for Palm Beach County, Florida, told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that Giuliani should start preparing for criminal charges.

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough bashed the U.S. Secret Service for losing text messages requested by a Cabinet-level inspector general from Jan. 6, 2021, and the day before.

The Secret Service has determined that data requested by the Department of Homeland Security's inspector general cannot be retrieved after an agency-wide reset of staff telephones starting in mid-January 2021, and the "Morning Joe" host said they were aiding a coverup of Donald Trump's attempt to overthrow the government.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has positioned himself as a culture warrior ahead of a possible White House bid, and an expert on the state's politics says his success is making Donald Trump nervous as he considers his own campaign.

NBC News national political correspondent Marc Caputo told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that Trump is anxious about the support DeSantis has picked up by raging against classroom lessons on "critical race theory" and LGBTQ inclusion, and the governor is now seen as the most viable GOP contender to the former president.

Donald Trump looks increasingly ready to announce he will run for re-election, but MSNBC's Joe Scarborough said the former president faces a major challenge as he prepares for a third campaign.

The ex-president has been telling associates that he wants to take back the legal protections that come with the White House, as multiple investigations gain steam and criminal charges against him appear increasingly likely, but the "Morning Joe" host said Trump may have already lost a crucial supporter.

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough warned Republicans that voters would punish them in November for their "extreme positions" on guns and abortions.

The "Morning Joe" host said the GOP was woefully out of touch on firearms safety and forced birth after another wave of mass shootings and horrific cases that have arisen in the wake of the Supreme Court striking down Roe v. Wade, and he predicted that voters would make them pay for their extremism.

The House select committee hearings have renewed questions about the security response to the Jan. 6 insurrection.

The hearings have shown that multiple agencies received specific warnings about the potential for violence that day, but the response by federal agencies and law enforcement remained puzzlingly inadequate, and the revelation that the U.S. Secret Service deleted thousands of electronic communications from Jan. 5 and 6, 2021, raises new questions.

Bob Woodward wondered whether the Jan. 6 committee might be proving too far beyond reasonable doubt that Donald Trump committed crimes in his effort to remain in office despite his election loss.

The veteran journalist has written extensively about the former president and revealed much of the evidence the House select committee has uncovered, but he said ultimately the decision whether to charge Trump for his role in the insurrection would be a political one made by the Department of Justice.

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough ripped the U.S. Secret Service for apparently conspiring to help cover up actions to help Donald Trump carry out the Jan. 6 insurrection.

The agency erased text messages from Jan. 5 and 6, 2021, after the Department of Homeland Security's internal watchdog asked for records of electronic communications related to the insurrection, according to a letter sent to Congress, and the "Morning Joe" host called out pro-Trump agent Tony Ortano and other loyalists to the former president within the Secret Service.

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough busted Donald Trump's "cynical" gambit to announce a run for president to avoid prosecution for his role in the Jan. 6 insurrection.

The House select committee has laid out the evidence against the former president that could result in multiple criminal charges, and he's facing possible prosecution in Georgia and New York as he weighs a third campaign for the White House, but the "Morning Joe" host said Trump was making a calculation to stay ahead of investigators.