The U.S. Secret Service erased a number of text messages on Jan. 6, 2021 — the day of the attack on the U.S. Capitol by radical supporters of former President Donald Trump — as well as the day before, a government watchdog said in a letter to lawmakers this week.
The inspector general of the Homeland Security Department — which operates the Secret Service — revealed the erasures in a letter to four lawmakers dated Wednesday.
Inspector General Joseph Cuffari said in the letter, addressed to the House and Senate homeland security committees, that the agency said the messages were erased as “part of a device-replacement program.”
“The [Secret Service] erased those text messages after [the Office of the Inspector General] requested records from electronic communications from the USSS, as part of our evaluation of events at the Capitol on January 6,” Cuffari’s letter said.
“The DHS personnel have repeatedly told the OIG inspectors that they were not permitted to provide records directly to OIG and that such records had to first undergo review by DHS attorneys.”
Cuffari said the review led to “weeks-long delays” in his office obtaining records and created confusion about whether all the records had been provided.
The letter was sent to Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., chair of the House Homeland Security Committee, and ranking member John Katko, R-N.Y., along with Gary Peters, D-Mich., chair of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, and its ranking member Rob Portman, R-Ohio. Thompson also is leading the committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack.
Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi responded that the agency erased the text messages before they were requested by the committee. Guglielmi noted the Secret Service has fully cooperated with the investigation.
“The insinuation that the Secret Service maliciously deleted text messages following a request is false,” Guglielmi said according to NBC News. “In fact, the Secret Service has been fully cooperating with the OIG in every respect — whether it be interviews, documents, emails, or texts.”
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“Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., chair of the House Homeland Security Committee”, a communist in the “witch hunt” against Trump. Bennie Thompson how does it feel to be a true communist in our government in Washington “toxic sludge slime” DC? The smell of “toxic sludge slime” and communism sure stinks, doesn’t it???????
Secret Service Has Deleted Texts From Day Of Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol Attack, Watchdog Says
by United Press International | Jul 16, 2022
The Only ” SECRET,” were The Public Kept Uninformed As To What Had Gone On In the Democrat Party.
I guess the new Biden run Secret Service views their job of being secret to be keeping the Truth Secret from THE PEOPLE. Such acts will only cause THE PEOPLE to act like Supreme Cuurt tattle tales of where and when the Judges go dining, but it will be where and when the President might be swimming nude gain in the Whitehouse pool, or meeting with more of Hunter’s business associates.
Sounds more like another exercise by the Biden controlled Secret Service in hiding Trump January 6th Exculpatory evidence, than anything of national security.
So much for transparency. Delete texts—delete emails—shred documents—refuse examination of devices and records.
YET if anyone on the right, even withholds something, its a crime..
a wholeeeeee differnt set of rules apply to the d.c.swamp.
Rules, what rules.
There needs to be a group, similar to ‘Internal Affairs’ with police departments, to investigate these Pelosi insider trading types. The pay to play Hillary Clinton types. Just the flat out corrupt swamp dwellers. Not a single appointee. Complete oversight and anonymous, so the fraud media can’t leak to loser’s like antifa and blm, etc! Then, make them pay back every dime and then prison time, no pardons.
IF there was, you can BET THE DEMS WOULD OWN it just like they own the dept of injustice.
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