The United States Secret Service, the body in charge of protecting the country’s president, among other functions, deleted text messages sent on January 5 and 6, 2021, the last of which is the date The attack on the Capitol It was promoted by thousands of followers of former President Donald Trump (2017-2021).
A letter from the Department of Homeland Security sent Thursday to the US House committee investigating the events of January 6 said the messages had been removed from the system as part of a device replacement program.
The letter states that the messages were removed shortly after the US Inspector General’s office requested documentation of electronic communications conducted by the Secret Service as part of its evaluation of the events that occurred on Capitol Hill on January 6. of 2021.
Last week, the director of the Secret Service, James Murray, announced that he would leave the post at the end of the month and the American press learned that he would work for the social networking company Snapchat.
Murray will retire from the agency on July 30 after 27 years of service, three of which have been directors since President Donald Trump appointed him in May 2019.
For her part, the White House spokeswoman, Karen Jean-Pierre, said at a press conference that Murray’s departure has been going on for months and is unrelated to the controversy that has surrounded the Secret Service in recent days regarding his performance from January 6. , 2021.
In late June, a former Trump White House official told the committee investigating the attack on Capitol Hill that The former president ordered his limousine driver to go to Congress Faced with his refusal, the then president tried to take control of the steering wheel.
Sources unknown to the press deny this fact and assure 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.
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