First on CNN: DHS inspector general meets with House select committee regarding Secret Service erasi

Source: CNN

The Department of Homeland Security inspector general on Friday briefed all nine members of the House select committee investigating the US Capitol attack on January 6, 2021, about the Secret Service erasing text messages from the day of the riot and the day before.

The inspector general, Joseph Cuffari, met with the committee behind closed doors two days after sending a letter to lawmakers informing them that the text messages were erased after the watchdog agency asked for records related to its electronic communications as part of its ongoing investigation around the Capitol attack.

CNN saw Cuffari and every member of the House committee enter a meeting room on Capitol Hill.

The inspector general originally notified the House and Senate Homeland Security Committees in a letter that the text messages were erased from the system as part of a device-replacement program after the watchdog asked the agency for the records.

“First, the Department notified us that many US Secret Service text messages from January 5 and 6, 2021, were erased as part of a device-replacement program. The USSS erased those text messages after OIG requested records of electronic communications from the USSS, as part of our evaluation of events at the Capitol on January 6,” Cuffari stated in the letter.

“Second, DHS personnel have repeatedly told OIG inspectors that they were not permitted to provide records directly to OIG and that such records had to first undergo review by DHS attorneys,” Cuffari added. “This review led to weeks-long delays in OIG obtaining records and created confusion over whether all records had been produced.”

The Secret Service pushed back on the allegations late Thursday night, saying: “The insinuation that the Secret Service maliciously deleted text messages following a request is false.”

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/15/politics/homeland-security-inspector-general-deleted-text-message/index.html

Uh huh..

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First on CNN: DHS inspector general meets with House select committee regarding Secret Service erasi (Original post)	TeamProg	Jul 2022	OP
A top down audit of the Secret Service is sorely needed,	MarineCombatEngineer	Jul 2022	#1
Yep. For every	JHB	Jul 2022	#23
Easy enough to imagine	peppertree	Jul 2022	#2
I could see the SS being resistant to political pressure, but the committee is investigating crimes,	captain queeg	Jul 2022	#3
When texts are deleted "after" they have been requested,	UpInArms	Jul 2022	#4
+1	LizBeth	Jul 2022	#6
It's called destruction of evidence! cut though the B.S. !	cloudboy07	Jul 2022	#11
AND A CRIME! No agency, individual, committee, etc. may delete official records under penalty of law	machoneman	Jul 2022	#17
Every device would have had a backup especially before replacing them.	tecelote	Jul 2022	#24
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?	dobleremolque	Jul 2022	#5
What a freaky coincidence.	Kid Berwyn	Jul 2022	#7
That agency could use a good housecleaning!	ShazzieB	Jul 2022	#21
This would be a fun meeting to be in	LetMyPeopleVote	Jul 2022	#8
" .... were erased as part of a device-replacement program ..."	Botany	Jul 2022	#9
Well Done (Botany)	Ahna KneeMoose	Jul 2022	#15
"The USSS erased those text messages 'AFTER' OIG requested records"	Ferrets are Cool	Jul 2022	#10
Yep, and the DHS made sure there was a time delay as well.	jaxexpat	Jul 2022	#19
Just imagine if think if average person did this shit ?	cloudboy07	Jul 2022	#12
But are the messages TRULY erased?	Miguelito Loveless	Jul 2022	#13
Isn't there a method by which deleted text messages can be retrieved forensically?	Cozmo	Jul 2022	#14
I assumed they could subpoena the mobile service records.	docgee	Jul 2022	#16
DHS in cahoots with USSS to withhold evidence. Sound about right. What color is Tom's flag today?	jaxexpat	Jul 2022	#18
B S....n/t	Paper Roses	Jul 2022	#20
We need to hear from the Secretary of Homeland Security.	patphil	Jul 2022	#22
Anyone interested in a bridge I've got? One owner from new. Low, low miles. New Paint.	Ford_Prefect	Jul 2022	#25
"The insinuation that the Secret Service . . .	majdrfrtim	Jul 2022	#26