Bennie Thompson slams 'unacceptable' noncompliance from DHS inspector general in Secret Service text inquiry
Raw StoryRep. Bennie Thompson, the chairman of the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riots, has put the inspector general's office for the Department of Homeland Security on notice. Thompson and Rep. Carolyn Maloney sent a letter to the DHS IG's office on Tuesday informing them that they are now considering "alternate means" to secure information they had requested about the Secret Service text messages related to January 6th that went missing. "In response to the Committees’ requests, you have refused to produce responsive documents and blocked employees in your office from appearing for transcribed interviews," wrote Thompson and Maloney. RELATED: Capitol rioter's attempt to bond with judge before sentencing backfires The letter then detailed three separate instances of noncompliance with the House Select Committee's requests, including an initial failure to alert Congress to missing January 6-related texts, as well as the office's "repeated failures to gather text messages from the Secret Service and other senior officials related to the January 6 attack."
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