Secret Service Text Messages Have Been Subpoenaed in January 6 Investigation

Text messages between members of the Secret Service despatched the day earlier than and the day of the January sixth assault on the U.S. Capitol have been subpoenaed by the committee of elected officers investigating the revolt. This improvement comes after the Department of Homeland Security had stated final week that the texts had been deleted. We’re now studying that these messages will probably be despatched to the committee by Tuesday.

The January sixth riots noticed many transferring components within the failed try by Trump followers, Proud Boys, and different far-right organizations to overthrow the outcomes of the 2020 presidential election. As lawmakers proceed their investigation into what occurred that day and the collection of occasions main as much as January 6, their consideration has now turned to the Secret Service, and the committee has subpoenaed a barrage of textual content messages between members of the Secret Service. Last week the Intercept reviewed a letter despatched by the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General to committee members, that stated the texts had been deleted.

“The Secret Service was aware that this was one of the signature events of our country, and that there would be a need to preserve all of the evidence because of that, and also there’s an obligation for federal agencies to retain records,” stated Representative Zoe Lofgren to the Hill. Lofrgren is a member of the Select Committee and a Democratic Representative from California. “So, this is troubling, but they said they’ve got the texts and the Committee intends to get them all ASAP.”

The Intercept stated that Secret Service initially claimed that the textual content messages had been deleted as part of a “device-replacement program.” However, the letter goes on to say that the textual content messages had been erased after the Office of the Inspector General requested them as a part of the Department of Homeland Security’s personal investigation into the January sixth Insurrection.

The content material of the textual content messages themselves is unknown, however given the proximity between the Secret Service and POTUS, the messages will probably illuminate the actions of former president Trump within the moments main as much as and throughout the January sixth Insurrection, probably lending credence to Cassidy Hutchinson’s bombshell testimony final month.