The congressional panel probing the Jan. 6 attack on Capitol accused the Secret Service of deleting many text messages, but it is unclear what evidence the texts might contain
The U.S. Secret Service deleted text messages from Jan. 5 and Jan. 6, 2021 after they were requested by oversight officials investigating the agency's response to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, the agency watchdog has claimed. Emma Jehle reports.The U.S. congressional panel probing the Jan.
The inspector general, Joseph Cuffari, met with the committee probing the attack behind closed doors on Friday, footage from CNN showed. The Department of Homeland Security inspector general’s office sent a letter to lawmakers on Wednesday, saying that “many” messages had been erased by the Secret Service with a device-replacement program after the watchdog asked for the records.
Representative Raskin, a Democrat, also raised concerns and said on Friday: “We need to get to the bottom of it. But if those texts are gone, we are determined to find them.”
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