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Justice department urged to investigate deletion of January 6 texts by Pentagon

Watchdog group calls on Merrick Garland asked to investigate deleted phone messages from senior Trump officials

The Guardian - US

Trump Pentagon officials ‘wiped’ Jan 6 messages off phones

According to court documents, government-issued phones used by former Pentagon officials were wiped after they turned them in upon their resignations on 20 January 2021

The Independent UK

Man pleads guilty to impersonating Department of Homeland Security agent

Arian Taherzadeh and Haider Ali are also accused of giving Secret Service agents free apartments and $90,000 in gifts

The Independent UK

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House panels: DHS officials interfered in effort to get lost Secret Service texts

After the inspector general’s office requested the Secret Service’s January 6 communications, the effort was shut down

The Guardian - US

Dems accuse DHS IG of Jan. 6 "cover-up"

DHS inspector general Joseph Cuffari's staff “may have taken steps to cover up the extent of missing records"

Salon

Will Bunch: Are missing Homeland Security texts hiding the biggest secret of Jan. 6?

You've probably heard the expression that the cover-up is always worse than the crime — a notion that was cemented by the mother of all U.S. political scandals, Watergate. Think about it — only five burglars were nabbed by D.C. cops inside the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Read: Top Democrats accuse DHS inspector general's office of Secret Service texts cover-up

House committee leaders say they have "grave new concerns" about Trump-appointed IG's "lack of transparency and independence."

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House lawmakers seek to question DHS watchdog staff on missing Secret Service texts

WASHINGTON — Leaders of two House panels want the Homeland Security Department’s Office of Inspector General to answer questions about what they say are possible attempts to cover up the loss of Secret Service texts tied to the attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Tribune News Service

Dems allege cover-up on Secret Service texts, demand records

Top congressional Democrats have requested sit-down interviews and internal documents from the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general

The Independent UK

Failed backup plan? Why have so many Jan. 6 records gone missing?

What was in the all these missing records that was worse than weathering criticism over their disappearance?

Chicago Sun-Times

Secret Service’s own secrets come under scrutiny in Jan. 6 probe

WASHINGTON — The name expresses it all — the Secret Service is supposed to operate in the shadows as an apolitical agency protecting U.S. officials and their families. Like oxygen, it should be vital but largely invisible.

Tribune News Service

Homeland Security watchdog halted text retrieval effort

WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security’s chief watchdog halted efforts to try to retrieve lost Secret Service text messages from other department phones, The Washington Post reported.

Tribune News Service

Jan. 6 text messages from Homeland Security officials were deleted, report says

Text messages from the two top officials in the Department of Homeland Security around the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol were reportedly inexplicably deleted and may not be able to be recovered.

Tribune News Service

Ex-Trump official Chad Wolf spoke to Jan 6 committee before revelation about missing texts: report

Trump pushed DHS officials to challenge election integrity

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Secret Service director to ‘briefly’ put off retirement during criminal probe into missing Jan 6 texts

James Murray says he is delaying turning in his badge to “help bridge the gap and foster a smooth and meaningful transition for our future director”

Tribune News Service

Jan. 6 text messages from Homeland Security officials were deleted, report says

Text messages from the two top officials in the Department of Homeland Security around the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol were reportedly inexplicably deleted and may not be able to be recovered.

Mic

Even more Jan. 6 text messages are mysteriously missing

New reporting indicates texts from key Homeland Security officials were lost in a “reset” of government phones.

Salon

Top DHS officials' Jan. 6 texts missing

DHS watchdog knew in February that Chad Wolf and Ken Cuccinelli's texts were "lost" but didn't tell Congress

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Secret Service chief delays planned exit as agency faces Jan. 6 scrutiny

WASHINGTON — Secret Service Director James Murray will delay his planned departure for a job in the private sector while the agency faces scrutiny over missing text message from the days surrounding last year’s attack on the U.S. Capitol.

The Independent UK

Trump says homeless people should be housed in big tent cities in the suburbs

“Some people say ‘that’s horrible’. No, what’s horrible is what’s happening now,” says Trump

WEKU

House Democrats call for a new inspector general in Secret Service text investigation

Reps. Bennie Thompson and Carolyn Maloney write in a letter that the IG's actions "cast serious doubt on his independence and his ability to effectively conduct such an important investigation."

The Independent UK

Trump says he sent Secret Service agents to move homeless people in DC

Former president says homelessness rampant in DC. Data shows it’s at its lowest rate in 17 years

The Independent UK

Jan 6 panel member Raskin skeptical of Secret Service’s text claims: ‘I don’t buy that for one minute’

‘There was a pre-planned migration of the phones that just happened to be on the same day as the first violent insurrection in American history?’ Rep Jamie Raskin asked

Salon

Secret Service agents refuse to testify

Anonymous news reports said Tony Ornato and Bobby Engel were willing to testify under oath. Now, not so much

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