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First on CNN: DHS inspector general tells Secret Service to stop investigating potentially missing texts

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By Whitney Wild and Jeremy Herb, CNN The Department of Homeland Security inspector general has directed the Secret Service to stop its internal investigations into what happened to text messages related to January 6 that may have been deleted, according to a letter reviewed by CNN.

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  1. Fox News

    DHS launches criminal investigation into Secret Service over missing Jan. 6 text messages (opens Fox News)

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    A source told Fox News on Thursday that the Department of Homeland Security is criminally investigating the Secret Service over missing texts from the Capitol Hill riot.

  2. NBC Los Angeles

    Criminal Probe Opened Into Deletion of Secret Service Jan. 6 Text Messages (opens NBC Los Angeles)

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    The Secret Service was informed of the criminal probe into missing text messages Wednesday by the DHS inspector general.

  3. NBC News

    DHS has launched criminal probe into destruction of Secret Service texts (opens NBC News)

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    Results of the criminal investigation could be referred to federal prosecutors, the sources said, depending on the results.

  4. Local News 8

    First on CNN: DHS inspector general tells Secret Service to stop investigating potentially missing texts (opens Local News 8)

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    By Whitney Wild and Jeremy Herb, CNN The Department of Homeland Security inspector general has directed the Secret Service to stop its internal investigations into what happened to text messages related to January 6 that may have been deleted, according to a letter reviewed by CNN.

  5. Forbes

    Secret Service Under Criminal Investigation For Deleting Jan. 6 Texts (opens Forbes)

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    The Secret Service has repeatedly denied there was any malicious intent behind the erasure of a trove of text messages from January 5 and 6, 2021.

  6. NBC10 Philadelphia

    DHS Has Launched Criminal Probe Into Destruction of Jan. 6 Secret Service Text Messages, Sources Say (opens NBC10 Philadelphia)

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    Results of the investigation could be referred to federal prosecutors, the sources said, depending on the results

  7. CNN

    DHS IG tells Secret Service to stop investigating potentially missing texts (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    The Department of Homeland Security inspector general has directed the Secret Service to stop its internal investigations into what happened to text messages related to January 6 that may have been deleted, according to a letter reviewed by CNN.

  8. Talking Points Memo

    DHS IG Delayed Reporting Secret Service’s Deleted Texts For Months (opens Talking Points Memo)

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    The inspector general at the Department of Homeland Security, found out all the way back in February that the Secret Service had deleted texts from Jan. 5 and 6, 2021–but he chose not to report it to Congress.

  9. The Daily Caller

    Inspector General Begins Criminal Investigation Into Deleted Secret Service Texts (opens The Daily Caller)

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    The Department of Homeland Security's inspector general's office (DHS OIG) has opened a criminal probe into Secret Services' deleted text messages.

  10. Engadget

    DHS begins criminal investigation over deleted Secret Service texts from January 6th (opens Engadget)

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    Homeland Security has opened a criminal investigation into the Secret Service deleting messages relating to the January 6th, 2021 Capitol riot..

  11. BizPac Review

    DHS launches criminal probe into missing Jan. 6 Secret Service texts, alleging agency knew about messages (opens BizPac Review)

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    The DHS Inspector Gen. has launched a criminal probe into the missing Secret Service text messages from Jan. 6 as leftists melt down over it.

  12. The Week

    DHS watchdog opens criminal inquiry of erased Secret Service Jan. 6 texts (opens The Week)

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