Investigators have encountered new obstacles while processing the events surrounding January 6, 2021, when angry supporters of former US President Donald Trump attacked the Capitol to prevent Congress from confirming Joe Biden as the next president. Now there is a fuss about deleted secret service text messages from January 5 and 6. Among other things, the Secret Service is responsible for protecting the president.
“The Department has informed us that many Secret Service text messages dated January 5 and 6, 2021 have been removed as part of an equipment replacement program,” US media outlets were quoted as citing a letter from the Inspector General of the United States on Thursday. Department of Homeland Security, which oversees the agency. “The committee will be made aware of this extremely disturbing destruction of data and will respond accordingly,” CNN was quoted as saying by Bennie Thompson, chair of the Capitol Attack Committee of Inquiry. The committee must clarify the background to the events around January 6, 2021.
Serious accusations against Trump
Supporters of then-US President Donald Trump had violently stormed the seat of parliament in the capital Washington that day. Congress met there to confirm Democratic challenger Joe Biden’s victory in the presidential election. The commission is now working on the attack. There have been numerous public hearings in recent weeks in which Trump has been heavily accused.
The Secret Service was recently in the picture following testimonies from a former White House employee. Cassidy Hutchinson said Trump angrily asked his Secret Service bodyguards to take him to the Capitol on Jan. 6. Trump then denounced Hutchinson as a “crazy” and dismissed the charges. CNN reported Thursday that a police officer from the US capital Washington had confirmed some of Hutchinson’s statements to the committee.
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