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Department of Homeland Security Can’t Even Secure Its Buildings Against People It Fired
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Department of Homeland Security Can’t Even Secure Its Buildings Against ...
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‘I’m back on food stamps’: Nurse who exposed ‘uterus collector’ still faces consequences
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‘I’m back on food stamps’: Nurse who exposed ‘uterus collector’ still ...
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Employees in anonymous letter ask Biden to remove DHS inspector general: A group of employees who work for the internal watchdog at the Department of Homeland ...
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Employees in anonymous letter ask Biden to remove DHS inspector general
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Anonymous DHS employees call on Biden to fire inspector general: Joseph Cuffari has "permanently damaged the reputation of DHS OIG, which already suffered ...
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Anonymous DHS employees call on Biden to fire inspector general
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DHS Officials Urge Biden to End 'Disastrous Leadership' of Embattled IG: In an anonymous letter, the Homeland Security staffers say Inspector General Joseph ...
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DHS Officials Urge Biden to End 'Disastrous Leadership' of Embattled IG
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Justice Department announces COVID fraud strike force teams: The Department of Justice announced Wednesday that it had formed three strike force teams of ...
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Justice Department announces COVID fraud strike force teams
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Top House Democrats accuse DHS inspector general of obstructing their investigations into missing Secret Service text messages
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Top House Democrats accuse DHS inspector general of obstructing their ...
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Top lawmakers renew call for DHS IG to step aside from investigation into missing texts, citing CNN reporting
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House Democrats want a new inspector general to lead probe of Secret Service texts
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January 6 committee subpoenas Secret Service for records: The House select committee investigating January 6, 2021, has issued a subpoena to the US Secret ...
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January 6 committee subpoenas Secret Service for records
Quick Glance: A panel on January 6 subpoenas the Secret Service for deleted text communications.
  • On Wednesday, the Department of Homeland Security's watchdog accused the Secret Service of destroying text conversations after it requested them.

  • According to the letter, the Secret Service informed the House Select Committee that text messages from January 5 and 6, 2021 had been wiped as part of a "device-replacement program."

  • "The agency said the "pre-planned, three-month system move" resulted in some data loss," according to the letter.

  • In response to the letter, Secret Service spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi said his agency took "strong issue with these categorically false claims."
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DHS Inspector General Launches Criminal Probe Into Secret Service Text Deletions: "This is a big deal," said one advocacy group.
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DHS Inspector General Launches Criminal Probe Into Secret Service Text ...
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Opinion | The 'Missing Text Messages' Timeline: Incompetence, Obstruction, or Worse?
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Opinion | The 'Missing Text Messages' Timeline: Incompetence, Obstruction ...
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National Archives demands Secret Service probe into ‘erased’ text messages: The National Archives is pushing the Secret Service to launch a probe into claims it ...
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National Archives demands Secret Service probe into ‘erased’ text messages
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Secret Service deleted texts from Jan. 5 and 6, 2021, after watchdog sought records
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Quick Glance: The Secret Service removed texts from January 5 and 6, 2021, after a watchdog requested them.
  • "The USSS erased those text messages after OIG requested records of electronic communications from the USSS, as part of our evaluation of events at the Capitol on January 6," wrote Inspector General Joseph Cuffari.

  • "The insinuation that the Secret Service maliciously deleted text messages following a request is false."

  • "In fact, the Secret Service has been fully cooperating with the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General (DHS OIG) in every respect – whether it be interviews, documents, emails, or texts," Guglielmi said Thursday night in a statement.

  • A Secret Service agent from the United States stands outside the White House on August 10, 2020.
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DHS inspector general opens criminal probe into deleted Secret Service texts: The DHS inspector general has opened a criminal probe into deleted Secret Service ...
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DHS inspector general opens criminal probe into deleted Secret Service ...
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DHS IG tells Secret Service to stop investigating potentially missing texts: The Department of Homeland Security inspector general has directed the Secret ...
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DHS IG tells Secret Service to stop investigating potentially missing ...
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“Cover-up”: Trump-appointed DHS watchdog’s office told Secret Service to ignore Jan. 6 text request
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“Cover-up”: Trump-appointed DHS watchdog’s office told Secret Service to ...
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Secret Service will say no new Jan. 6 texts found after records were deleted; investigation requested
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Secret Service deleted texts from Jan 5 and 6 2021 after being asked to produce them, report says
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Secret Service deleted texts from Jan 5 and 6 2021 after being asked to ...
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Secret Service provided a single text exchange to IG after request for many records
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Homeland Security watchdog halted plan to recover Secret Service texts, records show
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Homeland Security watchdog halted plan to recover Secret Service texts ...
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Secret Service deleted text messages ahead of Jan. 6 riot, says IG: The inspector general for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) notified lawmakers that ...
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Secret Service deleted text messages ahead of Jan. 6 riot, says IG
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CISA's Cyber Info-Sharing Program Didn't Always Deliver, Watchdog Says: The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is supposed to give more than 300 ...
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CISA's Cyber Info-Sharing Program Didn't Always Deliver, Watchdog Says
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First on CNN: DHS inspector general told Jan. 6 panel he went to Mayorkas about Secret Service cooperation
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First on CNN: DHS inspector general told Jan. 6 panel he went to Mayorkas ...
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Secret Service Promises to Provide 'Pertinent' Jan. 6 Texts To Panel, Rep. Zoe Lofgren Says
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Watchdog: Secret Service erased text messages : The US Secret Service erased text messages from January 5 and 6, 2021, shortly after they were requested by ...
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Watchdog: Secret Service erased text messages
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Secret Service text messages sent on day of US Capitol attack were deleted, government watchdog says
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Secret Service text messages sent on day of US Capitol attack were deleted ...
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Secret Service provides Jan. 6 committee single text exchange from that day : The Secret Service has provided the House Jan. 6 committee with one text exchange ...
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Watchdog says Secret Service deleted Jan. 6 text messages: A government watchdog has found that Secret Service agents deleted text messages sent and received ...
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Watchdog says Secret Service deleted Jan. 6 text messages
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Watchdog says Secret Service deleted Jan. 6 text messages: The letter informs Congress that it has been informed that many Secret Service messages were erased ...
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Watchdog says Secret Service deleted Jan. 6 text messages
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U.S. Secret Service agents deleted Jan. 6 text messages, watchdog says: The erasure of the messages is sure to raise new questions for the House panel ...
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U.S. Secret Service agents deleted Jan. 6 text messages, watchdog says
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Secret Service texts from day of Capitol riot were erased, U.S. government watchdog says
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Watchdog says Secret Service deleted Jan. 6 text messages after they were requested
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Trump DHS head stalled report on Russia election meddling: watchdog: Chad Wolf held back a report on Russian election interference and risked politicizing the ...
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Trump DHS head stalled report on Russia election meddling: watchdog
Quick Glance: Trump DHS chief stalls Russia report
  • Chad Wolf withheld a report on Russian election meddling, risking politicizing the intelligence-gathering process, according to the agency's inspector.

  • Murphy agreed to withdraw his complaint in November 2021 as part of a deal with DHS, according to the OIG investigation.Murphy stated in the OIG report that "these notes meant that the Acting Secretary told him [Murphy] to hold the product because it would hurt President Trump; he also believed the Acting Secretary was referring to authorities possessed by the DHS Secretary."The addition "potentially furthered the perception of politicization surrounding the product," according to the OIG investigation.