Top Dems Want Secret Service I.G. Removed from Erased Text Probe

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Thompson, Maloney call for Secret Service watchdog to be removed from probe of erased texts

Bart Jansen
USA Today, July 26, 2022

WASHINGTON – Two leaders of key House committees wrote Tuesday to urge an inspector general to step aside in the investigation of Secret Service texts that were erased during the investigation of the Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021.

The erasure, which Secret Service officials have said was unintentional, is now part of a criminal investigation. But Joseph Cuffari, the inspector general for the Department of Homeland Security, failed to notify the committees about the lapse for months.

Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., head of the committee investigating the attack, and Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., head of the Oversight and Reform Committee, said the inspector general failed to promptly notify Congress as required by law after learning about the missing texts in December.

“The omission left Congress in the dark about key developments in this investigation and may have cost investigators precious time to capture relevant evidence,” the lawmakers said.

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