The Secret Service provided only a single text exchange to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol in response to a request seeking a month’s worth of records.
The single text in response to the inspector general’s subpoena from last year has been handed over to the Jan. 6 committee. The lack of messages raised concerns among officials in the Department of Homeland Security, who accused the Secret Service of failing to maintain records crucial for the committee’s investigation.
Officials concluded on Tuesday that the agency no longer possessed the text messages, which lawmakers hoped would shed light on actions in the days leading up to Jan. 6. The National Archives and Records Administration called on the agency to investigate whether the messages were “improperly deleted,” giving officials 30 days to detail their findings.
“In their letter, they gave no indication that they have secured the phones in question and done some forensic work with them. That’s something we want to know,” Rep. Zoe Lofgren told MSNBC on Tuesday. “This, obviously, this doesn’t look good. Coincidences can happen, but we really need to get to the bottom of this and get a lot more information than we have currently.”
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