The United States Secret Service, the body responsible for protecting the country’s president, among other functions, deleted text messages sent on January 5 and 6, 2021, the latter of which is the date The attack on the Capitol It was promoted by thousands of supporters of former President Donald Trump (2017-2021).
A letter from the Department of Homeland Security sent Thursday to the US House of Representatives committee investigating the events of January 6 said the messages had been deleted from the system as part of a device replacement program.
The letter states that the messages were deleted shortly after the US Inspector General’s office requested documentation of electronic communications conducted by the Secret Service as part of its assessment of the events that occurred on Capitol Hill on January 6, 2021.
Last week, Secret Service Director James Murray announced that he would be stepping down at the end of the month, and the American press learned that he would be working for the social networking company Snapchat.
Murray will retire from the agency on July 30 after 27 years of service, three of whom have been directors since President Donald Trump appointed him in May 2019.
For her part, White House spokeswoman Karen Jean-Pierre said at a press conference that Murray’s departure has been underway for months and is not related to the controversy that has surrounded the Secret Service in recent days regarding its performance as of January 6. , 2021.
In late June, a former Trump White House official told the committee investigating the Capitol Hill attack that The former president ordered his limousine driver to go to Congress When he refused, the then-President tried to take control of the steering wheel.
Unknown sources to the press deny this fact and assert that the intelligence service is in a position to testify under oath denying what the former employee said, something that has not happened so far.
