Bennie Thompson Admits J6 Texts Were Deleted And It Represented A Violation Of Federal Records Act

Posted • August 2, 2024: A DHS Inspector General report about the Secret Service and January 6th, 2021 has been issued: The Department of Homeland Security’s chief watchdog Thursday issued its long-awaited findings on the Secret Service’s handling of the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol, saying the protective agency had looked into the possibility of protests but “did not anticipate” the level of violence that occurred that day, according to a copy of the report sent to Congress and obtained by The Washington Post. […] The report from the Office of Inspector General Joseph Cuffari is based on interviews with more than 100 Secret Service personnel and more than 183,000 emails and attachments as well as video footage from the agency. The MSM stories about this might avoid this next part, but as Julie Kelly points out, the IG report also indicates that the current administration stonewalled the investigation and also some things seem to have just disappeared:

DHS IG confirms in report that the Biden/Mayorkas DHS significantly stonewalled his J6 investigation. Texts deleted, cell phones of top officials presumably including Kim Cheatle were wiped. Data never recovered https://x.com/julie_kelly2/status/1819409392371892367 -- Kelly also reminds us that the chair of the January 6th Committee didn't seem very troubled by all that: Under questioning by Rep. Thomas Massie, Bennie Thompson, chair of J6 committee who pretended his mission was to investigate Jan 6, reluctantly admitted the texts were deleted and it represented a violation of Federal Records Act. He did nothing about it. (…)

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