What the subpoena for the Secret Service's erased texts means for the Jan. 6 probe

Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., listens as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol on Tuesday. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

The Secret Service has been subpoenaed in the ongoing probe into the riot on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, a move that a former federal prosecutor calls aggressive and significant.

The House select committee leading the investigation is asking the federal agency to turn over reportedly deleted text messages from the days surrounding the attack as well as any relevant action reports. The Secret Service has until Tuesday to produce agents' phone records, that some believe may shed light on President Donald Trump's actions during the riot.