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July 15, 2022

Secret Service Erased Text Messages Sent Around Time of Capitol Insurrection
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The Intercept reports the U.S. Secret Service erased text messages from
January 5 and January 6, 2021 - around the time of the attack on the
U.S. Capitol by a mob of Trump supporters seeking to overturn the
election. A government watchdog with the Homeland Security Department
said in a letter to lawmakers this week that the erasure took place
shortly after oversight officials requested electronic communications
from the Secret Service.


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