GOP Rep. Thomas Massie accused DHS Chief Alejandro Mayorkas of being concerned within the obstruction of Congress scandal associated to deleted J6 textual content messages.
In response to a Jack Smith filing in December, the DOJ could also be part of the scandal of the ‘lacking’ Secret Service textual content messages.
“Secret Service deleted texts from J6 and destroyed their telephones AFTER being instructed by Congress to protect them,” Massie mentioned on Monday. “Obstruction of Congress occurred underneath Sec Mayorkas.”
Massie additionally requested Democrat Rep Bennie Thompson whether or not he ever investigated to so-called ‘bomb’ with a kitchen timer connected to it positioned close to Kamala Harris on the DNC headquarters on the eve of the January 6 Capitol riot.
“I requested Chair of J6 committee [Bennie Thompson] about this & whether or not he even investigated the bomb positioned close to VP Harris. Nothing!” Massie mentioned.
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Secret Service deleted texts from J6 and destroyed their telephones AFTER being instructed by Congress to protect them.
Obstruction of Congress occurred underneath Sec Mayorkas.
I requested Chair of J6 committee about this & whether or not he even investigated the bomb positioned close to VP Harris. Nothing! pic.twitter.com/vW8lYPSFnD
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) February 6, 2024
Massie continued, “Listed below are the 2 paperwork I submitted within the listening to for the document. Within the first doc, former Chairman Thompson suggests a criminal offense was dedicated. The second doc, in addition to a 3rd offered right here, level out these crimes occurred whereas Mayorkas was over the Secret Service.”
Listed below are the 2 paperwork I submitted within the listening to for the document. Within the first doc, former Chairman Thompson suggests a criminal offense was dedicated. The second doc, in addition to a 3rd offered right here, level out these crimes occurred whereas Mayorkas was over the Secret Service. pic.twitter.com/1e4z9vxPpp
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) February 6, 2024
In 2022 the Division of Homeland Safety’s watchdog opened a felony investigation into the Secret Service’s ‘deletion’ of January 6 textual content messages.
In response to CNBC, the Secret Service was notified of the investigation and ordered to cease its inside forensic probe into the erased textual content messages.
As beforehand reported, the Secret Service was accused of ‘deleting’ textual content messages from January 5 and January 6 by the company’s watchdog.
The Secret Service instructed the January 6 Committee that it has no new text messages associated to the Capitol protest after it turned over paperwork and knowledge.
“We’ve got knowledgeable the January sixth Choose Committee of the Inspector Common’s request and can conduct a radical authorized overview to make sure we’re totally cooperative with all oversight efforts and that they don’t battle with one another,” the Secret Service mentioned, in accordance with CNBC.
The watchdog claims the Secret Service deleted the textual content messages after an oversight panel probing the company’s response to January 6 requested the digital communications.
The Secret Service denied the accusations and mentioned the entire requested textual content messages had been saved.
“The insinuation that the Secret Service maliciously deleted textual content messages following a request is fake,” Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi mentioned.
The Home of Representatives on Tuesday will cast a historic vote on Mayorkas impeachment decision.
