The erasure of the messages is sure to raise new questions for the House panel investigating the Jan. 6 attack, which has taken a renewed interest in the Secret Service following the dramatic testimony of former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson about former President Donald Trump’s actions the day of the insurrection.
even after an inspector general requested them as part of an investigation into the insurrection, the government watchdog has found.
“This review led to a weeks-long delays in OIG obtaining records and created confusion over whether all records had been produced,” states the letter, which was dated Wednesday and sent to leaders of the House and Senate Homeland Security committees. The inspector general has first requested the electronic communications on Feb. 26, “after the migration was well under way,” Guglielmi said.
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