Secret Service erased texts from two-day period spanning Jan. 6 attack, watchdog says
A Secret Service spokesman disputes the Department of Homeland Security inspector general's account, saying its request came after a mobile phone migration had started, but no messages were lost.
Updated July 14, 2022 at 10:16 PM ET
A watchdog says the U.S. Secret Service deleted many of the text messages sent during a two-day period surrounding the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
The inspector general for the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees the agency, told Congress the messages were deleted after his office asked for them.
The discovery was made as part of the watchdog's investigation into the
