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SunSeeker

(51,513 posts)
Wed Jul 20, 2022, 01:35 AM Jul 2022

Everyone should know who is the Director of the Secret Service, James Murray.

As Lawrence O'Donnell pointed out tonight, James Murray is a Trump guy, and has done a really good job of keeping his name out of the news, even though he oversaw the purging of the January 5 & 6 texts at the Secret Service. Trump appointed him head of the Secret Service in 2019, after Murray proved his loyalty to Trump. He needs to be subpoenaed to explain what happened to those January 5 & 6 texts.

The irony is Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, has hired James Murray, to start on August 1, 2022, as the company’s chief security officer---after he oversaw the loss of the most important texts in Secret Service history. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/snap-james-murray-secret-service-snapchat-1235176832/

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Everyone should know who is the Director of the Secret Service, James Murray. (Original Post) SunSeeker Jul 2022 OP
Retired 7/7/2022 OAITW r.2.0 Jul 2022 #1
He announced his retirement on 7/7/22, but his last day on the job is 7/30/22. SunSeeker Jul 2022 #4
Investigate, take his pension if possible. nt Samrob Jul 2022 #21
When you're stupid enough to fight for Trump, you're stupid enough czarjak Jul 2022 #2
Bottom line. Cha Jul 2022 #8
Kick dalton99a Jul 2022 #3
I think he should be criminally investigated and charged for allowing this to happen, duforsure Jul 2022 #5
Yup. nt SunSeeker Jul 2022 #6
Hell, yes! BigmanPigman Jul 2022 #16
as voltaire once noted- the british navy likes to hang and admiral mopinko Jul 2022 #20
Jeeze.. could it get anymore Twilight Cha Jul 2022 #7
Can't wait for Thursday's J6C hearing! SunSeeker Jul 2022 #11
deletion is a feature at SnapChat, so he Captain Zero Jul 2022 #9
Snapchat! That makes sense. Kablooie Jul 2022 #10
Snapchat was the favorite app of the Trump White House! SunSeeker Jul 2022 #12
Geeez... calimary Jul 2022 #13
We need a flood of indictments True Blue American Jul 2022 #14
This message was self-deleted by its author Kablooie Jul 2022 #15
Someone on MSNBC said that they can be retrieved somehow. BigmanPigman Jul 2022 #17
Lock him up for 3 years for each phone 'cleansed' ... Hermit-The-Prog Jul 2022 #18
'Political hire" empedocles Jul 2022 #19
Secret Service were told at least 3 times to preserve text messages and communications LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2022 #22
Yup. It's pretty clear the deletions had to be intentional. nt SunSeeker Jul 2022 #23

SunSeeker

(51,513 posts)
4. He announced his retirement on 7/7/22, but his last day on the job is 7/30/22.
Wed Jul 20, 2022, 01:54 AM
Jul 2022

Last edited Wed Jul 20, 2022, 03:25 AM - Edit history (1)

https://www.secretservice.gov/newsroom/releases/2022/07/united-states-secret-service-director-james-murray-announces-retirement

He'll be getting a full pension while working for Snapchat. Nice work if you can get it.

duforsure

(11,884 posts)
5. I think he should be criminally investigated and charged for allowing this to happen,
Wed Jul 20, 2022, 02:02 AM
Jul 2022

And made an example of, or this kind of stuff will continue to be used to obstruct justice with.

mopinko

(70,005 posts)
20. as voltaire once noted- the british navy likes to hang and admiral
Wed Jul 20, 2022, 06:33 AM
Jul 2022

from time to time, so as to encourage the others.

sound policy, imho.

Cha

(296,848 posts)
7. Jeeze.. could it get anymore Twilight
Wed Jul 20, 2022, 02:29 AM
Jul 2022

Zone?! Never mind, I know it can.

James Murray may be low profile but I knew his name and that he had resigned.

Since he's a Psycho's guy that means he cares noting for his country or the Planet.. just Fascism Fascism, Fascism.

And, yes he does need to get hauled in before the Seekers of Justice.. the J6C.

Focus!
Please Fight to Save Our Democracy💙 in 2022 & 2024!

Kablooie

(18,610 posts)
10. Snapchat! That makes sense.
Wed Jul 20, 2022, 03:19 AM
Jul 2022

I've suspected all along that the Sec Serv used an unapproved app that deletes messages after they've been read. That's why they are not available. They did it so the messages wouldn't be archived anywhere.

A government MAGA IT guy could have installed Snapchat, illegally, on the SS phones.

Now Snapchat is giving him a job as a reward.

calimary

(81,110 posts)
13. Geeez...
Wed Jul 20, 2022, 03:50 AM
Jul 2022

I just want it all to end. ALL the damn Republican/trump/Pox Noise poison pumping freely into the American mindset. It needs to END. If we’re to have any America left.

True Blue American

(17,981 posts)
14. We need a flood of indictments
Wed Jul 20, 2022, 04:06 AM
Jul 2022

From the Justice Department but have to wonder how many Trump loyalists are still embedded there!

Response to calimary (Reply #13)

BigmanPigman

(51,567 posts)
17. Someone on MSNBC said that they can be retrieved somehow.
Wed Jul 20, 2022, 04:31 AM
Jul 2022

I forget who and which show but the MSNBC anchor asked about it and someone in govt said that they are retrievable, they asked some tech pros.

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,254 posts)
18. Lock him up for 3 years for each phone 'cleansed' ...
Wed Jul 20, 2022, 04:39 AM
Jul 2022
18 U.S. Code § 2071 - Concealment, removal, or mutilation generally

(a) Whoever willfully and unlawfully conceals, removes, mutilates, obliterates, or destroys, or attempts to do so, or, with intent to do so takes and carries away any record, proceeding, map, book, paper, document, or other thing, filed or deposited with any clerk or officer of any court of the United States, or in any public office, or with any judicial or public officer of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.

(b) Whoever, having the custody of any such record, proceeding, map, book, document, paper, or other thing, willfully and unlawfully conceals, removes, mutilates, obliterates, falsifies, or destroys the same, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both; and shall forfeit his office and be disqualified from holding any office under the United States. As used in this subsection, the term “office” does not include the office held by any person as a retired officer of the Armed Forces of the United States.
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