The Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general on Monday defended his office against what he called an “onslaught of meritless criticism” as House Democrats alleged a “cover-up” over his handling of missing Jan. 6 text messages of Secret Service agents and DHS leaders. The office made no efforts to retrieve the missing texts, according to the Post. “DHS has all my texts, emails, phone logs, schedules, etc. — Chad Wolf (@ChadFWolf) July 29, 2022The inspector general learned in February that Secret Service texts from around the time of the Capitol riot, including those exchanged with agents assigned to Trump, were missing, but failed to alert Congress until recently. and Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) said they also have new evidence the inspector general’s office stopped trying to recover the missing records over a year ago.

Source: Washington Post August 02, 2022 12:04 UTC