The FBI and other federal agencies have launched investigations into a wave of anonymous, racist text messages invoking slavery that have alarmed Black men, women, and students — including middle schoolers — across the country this week.
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.
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.
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.
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…
President Trump has long seized on anti-Trump tweets between two FBI employees to push his unfounded conspiracy theories that the bureau tried to undermine his candidacy.
Former FBI attorney Lisa Page filed a lawsuit against the bureau and Justice Department for disclosing text messages between her and another FBI employee with whom she was having an affair.
The FBI has fired Peter Strzok for sending anti-Trump text messages to his lover during the presidential campaign.
