House Select Committee Subpoenas Secret Service For Deleted Text Messages
J. Scott Applewhite, AP
We ran the numbers: There are 1,922 news articles covering this topic. 43% (823) are left-leaning, 49% (933) are centrist, and 9% (166) are right-leaning.
The House select committee investigating the January 6th Capitol riot aims to receive deleted text messages from the Secret Service sent on January 5th and 6th of 2021. While left-leaning articles focus on the Secret Service’s failures, right-leaning articles focus on the House select committee’s response to the events.
A left-leaning article from The New York Times highlighted how some deleted text messages from the Secret Service may never be recovered. The agency’s actions have led many to question the credibility and accountability of the Secret Service.
USA Today published a centrist article reporting on a request from the National Archives for the Secret Services to investigate “the potential authorized deletion” of text messages sent around the January 6th attack on the Capitol. While the Secret Service has come under heavy scrutiny for the deletion of the text messages, they claim that they followed all procedures and have agreed to fully cooperate with the Archives.
A right-leaning article from the New York Post highlighted how the January 6th committee hopes to receive the deleted text messages before their next prime-time hearing. The committee subpoenaed the Secret Service for records after the Department of Homeland Security Inspector General claimed the messages were erased as a result of a device-replacement program. However, Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), a committee member, was skeptical that the deletion accidentally resulted from a tech upgrade.
From the left
Secret Service Says Some Missing Jan. 6 Texts Are Unlikely to Be Recovered
New York Times
From the right
Jan. 6 panel wants deleted Secret Service texts ahead of prime-time hearing
New York Post