Homeland Security to Stop Clearing Cell Phones – for Now
Homeland Security officials said they would no longer delete data on cell phones from top officials and political appointees before backing them up on external servers.
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Trump’s Homeland Security Watchdog Scratched Plans to Save Secret Service Text Messages
Homeland Security’s internal watchdog had a chance to try and recover missing Secret Service text messages around the time of the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Not Again?! Texts Missing from Phones of Former Top Homeland Security Officials
Just weeks after the discovery that Secret Service text messages were deleted around the time of the Jan. 6 insurrection comes a new revelation: Phone records are missing for two former top Homeland Security officials.
Man Charged with Assaulting Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick Pleads Guilty to Reduced Charges
A West Virginia man accused of assaulting U.S. Capitol Police Office Brian D. Sicknick during the Jan. 6 insurrection pleaded guilty Wednesday to reduced charges as part of a plea deal with federal prosecutors.
House Dems Call on Inspector General to Remove Himself from Probe of Secret Service Texts
Lawmakers are calling for a new inspector general to head the investigation into deleted Secret Service text messages in connection with the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Secret Service Investigators Find Metadata of Deleted Text Messages on 10 Agents’ Phones
By Steve Neavling An internal Secret Service investigation has uncovered metadata showing text messages sent and received from the phones of 10 agents around the time of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riots. The messages have since been deleted, and their content is unknown, CNN reports. The messages are at the center of the House…
Secret Service Now Says Deleted Text Messages Can’t Be Recovered
The Secret Service says it’s unable to recover deleted text messages surrounding the Jan. 6 insurrection.
IG: Secret Service Deleted Text Messages from Jan. 5 And 6, Despite Request to Preserve Them
Secret Service agents erased text messages sent and received during a two-day period surrounding the Jan. 6 insurrection, the inspector general for Homeland Security said.