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.
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…
FBI Employees Also Exchanged Pro-Trump Text Messages During Campaign
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 Lawyer Lisa Page Sues DOJ, FBI for Publicly Releasing E-Mails
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.
FBI Fires Strzok over Anti-Trump Texts During 2016 Election
The FBI has fired Peter Strzok for sending anti-Trump text messages to his lover during the presidential campaign.
President Exaggerates Missing Texts Involving FBI Agent Accused of anti-Trump bias
President Trump pounced on news that the FBI is missing text messages involving a top counter-intelligence official who was removed from the special counsel’s investigation of Russian meddling because of an anti-Trump bias.