Criminal Probe Opened Into Secret Service’s Texts

CNBC reports:

The Department of Homeland Security’s internal watchdog has opened a criminal investigation into the destruction of Secret Service phone text messages related to the days around the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, two sources familiar with the matter told NBC News.

The Secret Service was informed of the probe Wednesday night by the office of the Inspector General of DHS, who ordered the agency to stop any internal investigations into the deleted text messages, NBC reported.

The House select committee investigating the Capitol riot last week issued a subpoena to the Secret Service seeking text messages after learning from the IG that messages from Jan. 5 and 6, 2021, had been erased, purportedly as the result of a “device replacement program.”

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The DHS Inspector General’s probe into the deleted Secret Service text messages is now *criminal* per NBC: https://t.co/rA8d3kF7VB

— Scott Stedman (@ScottMStedman) July 21, 2022