Topline
The January 6 committee announced Wednesday that the Secret Service has started turning over records in response to a subpoena seeking deleted text messages from January 5 and 6, 2021, while noting the agency’s practices for preserving records may have been in violation of the Federal Records Act.
Key Facts
The committee tweeted Wednesday afternoon the Secret Service “has begun producing records pursuant to the subpoena we issued last week,” though it did not elaborate what the records contain.
The Secret Service has repeatedly claimed there was no malicious intent in the deletion, which it attributed to “a device-replacement program,” but the committee tweeted it has “concerns about a system migration” that led to the erasure.
The system migration began on January 27, 2021, according to the committee.
The committee said the Secret Service may not have handled records properly prior to the system migration, stating evidence suggests “a possible violation of the Federal Records Act.”
Secret Service spokesman said in a statement Wednesday that the committee’s “work is of paramount importance,” adding “they will continue to have the highest level of cooperation and support from the Secret Service as they have from the beginning.”
Discover more from News Facts Network
Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.
