By Annie Grayer | CNNTwo top House Democrats are accusing the Department of Homeland Security Inspector General of obstructing their investigation into missing Secret Service text messages related to the January 6 Capitol attack, escalating tensions between Congress and the watchdog agency. CNN has requested comment from the DHS IG office. The lawmakers also raised questions of whether Cuffari is using the ongoing criminal investigation into the missing text messages as an excuse to obstruct Congress. Despite the alleged obstruction from Cuffari, Maloney and Thompson made a renewed request for documents and for DHS OIG personnel to be made available for interviews with a deadline of August 23. Maloney and Thompson say that Cuffari is also obstructing their efforts on another investigation.

Source: CNN August 16, 2022 23:40 UTC