Secret Service deleted text messages

2022 - 7 - 17

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Secret Service's January 6 text messages story has shifted several ... (The Guardian)

Explanation for how the messages from 5 and 6 January 2021 were deleted has gone from software upgrades to device replacements.

The unanswered questions were because of a lack of transparency from the Secret Service, the participants said Cuffari indicated. After the inspector general raised his complaints, he then discussed the feasibility of reconstructing the texts. At one point, the explanation from the Secret Service for the lost texts was because of software upgrades, the inspector general told the panel, while at another point, the explanation was because of device replacements.

Kinzinger says it's 'quite crazy' for Secret Service to have deleted ... (The Hill)

Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) on Sunday said it was “quite crazy” if the Secret Service did in fact delete text messages the day before and the day of the ...

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Kinzinger: 'Quite crazy' that Secret Service deleted Jan. 6-related texts (Business Insider)

The congressman on CBS News said that there were conflicting statements from the agency about the texts. The January 6 committee issued a subpoena to obtain ...

"They claim it was this technological change, 'we moved everything, we lost these texts.' And then they also put out a statement, though, that said, we've only lost some of the texts and everything relevant to this investigation has been turned over. So those are very conflicting statements," he said on the program. "In the very least, it is quite crazy that the Secret Service would actually end up deleting anything related to one of the more infamous days in American history, particularly when it comes to the role of the Secret Service," he added.

Jan. 6 panel expects to see deleted Secret Service texts by Tuesday (Axios)

The Jan. 6 committee expects to receive the Secret Service's deleted text messages from Jan. 5 and 6, 2021, by Tuesday, panel member Rep.

He also noted that "none of the texts [the inspector general] was seeking had been lost in the migration." The Jan. 6 select committee subpoenaed the U.S. Secret Service late Friday night for information on deleted text messages from Jan. 5 and 6 that were flagged by an agency watchdog this week. The big picture: The committee subpoenaed the Secret Service for information on Friday after an agency watchdog notified the Senate and House Homeland Security committees that text messages from Jan. 5 and 6 had been deleted. - A spokesperson for the Secret Service said at the time, "The insinuation that the Secret Service maliciously deleted text messages following a request is false." The Jan. 6 committee expects to receive the Secret Service's deleted text messages from Jan. 5 and 6, 2021, by Tuesday, panel member Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) said Sunday. Jan. 6 panel expects to see deleted Secret Service texts by Tuesday

Jan. 6 committee expects Secret Service to meet Tuesday deadline ... (USA TODAY)

Jan. 6 committee members said they expect Secret Service to meet the Tuesday deadline for providing text messages agents sent around the Capitol riot.

"There’s a requirement for federal agencies to maintain records," she said. WASHINGTON -Members of the House's Jan. 6 committee said Sunday that they expect the Secret Service to meet the Tuesday deadline for providing to the panel the reportedly deleted text messages that agents sent around the Capitol riot.Members of the House's Jan. 6 committee said Sunday that they expect the Secret Service to meet the Tuesday deadline for providing to the panel the reportedly deleted text messages that agents sent around the Capitol riot. Committee Subpoenas Secret Service: Jan. 6 panel subpoenas Secret Service for erased texts The House committee subpoenaed the Secret Service on Friday for text messages agents reportedly deleted around Jan. 6, 2021. Rep. Elaine Luria, D-Va., a member of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot, said on CNN's "State of the Union," Sunday that the committee needs to "get to the bottom of" whether the Secret Service erased text messages related to Jan. 6. Jan. 6 committee expects Secret Service to meet Tuesday deadline on text messages

Jan. 6 committee expects more information soon from Secret Service ... (ABC News)

Ahead of Thursday's eighth hearing held by the House's Jan. 6 committee, investigators need all of the texts from the Secret Service, Rep. Zoe Lofgren said.

I think that's pretty obvious," Lofgren said. The decision is ultimately up to prosecutors. "I do think that there's a much broader plot here. It's very active, new witnesses are coming forward, additional information is coming forward." The fact that series of hearings is going to be concluded this Thursday doesn't mean that our investigation is over. "We need all of the texts from the fifth and sixth of January. I was shocked to hear that they didn't back up their data before they reset their iPhones. That's crazy, and I don't know why that would be," Lofgren told Raddatz, "but we need to get this information to get the full picture."