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July 20, 2022

Secret Service Claims It Has Preserved Just One Text Exchange from Jan. 6 Insurrection
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CNN is reporting the U.S. Secret Service has only provided a single text
exchange to the House January 6 committee and the Department of Homeland
Security inspector general after requests for the agency to hand over
all text messages from 24 individuals around the time of the January 6
insurrection. The Secret Service is claiming all of the messages have
been purged. The DHS inspector general said in a letter to lawmakers
last week that the erasure took place shortly after oversight officials
requested electronic communications from the agency.


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