Secret Service Deleted Text Messages From Jan. 5 And 6 2021 After Watchdog Officials Asked For Them Watchdog Says
“First, the Department informed us that several US Secret Service text messages from January 5 and 6, 2021, were deleted as part of a device replacement program. The USSS deleted these text messages after the OIG requested electronic communications records from the USSS, as part of the assessment of the events on Capitol Hill on January 6,” the letter from DHS IG Joseph Cuffari said. “Second, DHS staff have repeatedly told OIG inspectors that they were not permitted to provide records directly to OIG and that such records must first be reviewed by DHS attorneys,” Cuffari added....