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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Homeland Security Watchdog Previously Accused of Violating Ethics Rules
The Homeland Security watchdog who is accused of mishandling deleted Secret Service text messages from the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection violated ethics rules while at the Justice Department, according to a 2013 report.
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.
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.
Secret Service to Turn Over Deleted Text Messages to Jan. 6 Committee
The U.S. House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection plans to receive previously deleted text messages from the Secret Service.
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.