The U.S. congressional panel probing the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol in Washington said it had subpoenaed the Secret Service as it investigates accusations by a watchdog that the agency erased text messages sought as evidence.
Watchdog accused SS of deleting 'many' messages after asked for records, agency disputes claimThe U.S. congressional panel investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack says it has subpoenaed the Secret Service over text messages a watchdog has accused the agency of erasing. Panel members, from left, Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger, chair Bennie Thompson of Mississippi and vice-chair Liz Cheney of Wyoming are pictured on June 23.
"We now need to talk to the Secret Service.... Our expectation is to reach out to them," Thompson told CNN.Committee member Jamie Raskin told reporters on Friday that the panel was determined to retrieve text messages from Jan. 5 and Jan. 6, 2021, that were allegedly deleted. The Secret Service disputed that accusation on Thursday, saying some phone data was lost during a routine device migration, but all of the requested texts had been saved.
The 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of Donald Trump followed weeks of false claims by the former president that he had won the 2020 election.The Jan. 6 committee has taken a renewed interest in the Secret Service following the dramatic testimony of former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, who recalled what she heard about Trump's actions the day of the insurrection.
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