U.S. Secret Service officials have handed over thousands of records to the House of Representatives panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. “We have provided a significant level of detail from emails, radio transmissions, Microsoft Teams chat messages and exhibits that address aspects of planning, operations and communications surrounding January 6th,”…
Secret Service Gives ‘Thousands’ of Records to House Jan. 6 Committee
Secret Service Has Seized Over $1.4 Billion in Fraudulently Obtained Pandemic Loans
August 27, 2022
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The U.S. Secret Service said on Aug. 26 that it had seized $286 million in fraudulently obtained pandemic loans, bringing the total amount of stolen funds recovered by the agency to $1.4 billion since the relief program was rolled out in 2020. The Secret Service said in a statement that it had returned the $286…
Biden Announces New Secret Service Director
President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced that he will appoint Kim Cheatle as the next director of the U.S. Secret Service. Cheatle has worked for the Secret Service for more than 25 year, including serving in Biden’s security detail when he was vice president in the Obama administration, before moving to the private sector. “I…
Secret Service Conveyed Threat Against Pelosi to Capitol Police After Breach: Watchdog
Government watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) in a recent report criticized the U.S. Secret Service for failing to transmit a threat made against Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to the U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) on Jan. 6, 2021. CREW’s Aug. 17 report reports email communications between various law enforcement and…
Man Arrested After Allegedly Assaulting Secret Service Officer Outside White House
August 10, 2022
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A man was arrested on Aug. 9 after allegedly assaulting a uniformed Secret Service officer outside the White House, an agency spokesperson said. The assault took place around 12:30 p.m. in the 1600 block of Pennsylvania Avenue NW, an area that is frequented by pedestrians and tourists hoping to see the White House. A Secret Service spokesperson said in…
Judicial Watch Sues Secret Service Over Hunter Biden’s Records
Advocacy group Judicial Watch has filed a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) alleging that the agency is slow-rolling a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to turn over records tied to President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden. Judicial Watch filed the FOIA suit against DHS on July 17 at the U.S. District Court for…
Secret Service Denies Charges it Failed to Deliver ‘Erased’ Texts from January 6 to House Panel
The House Jan. 6 panel said that the Secret Service failed to deliver subpoenaed text messages from Jan. 5 and Jan. 6 which the panel said had been “erased.” However, the Secret Service has denied the charge, saying that the missing texts are accounted for by standard agency policy not to discuss security situations over…
National Archives Asks Secret Service to Probe ‘Potential Unauthorized Deletion’ of Jan. 6 Texts
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) on July 19 asked the Secret Service to investigate the deletion of texts sent around the time the U.S. Capitol was breached on Jan. 6, 2021. The Secret Service texts were erased as part of a “device-replacement program,” a watchdog announced this month. The deletions happened after the…
Jan. 6 Committee Subpoenas Secret Service Over Text Messages
The House Jan. 6 Committee on July 15 issued a subpoena to the Secret Service after it was informed about some text messages that were erased under the agency. Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), chair of the committee, said in a letter (pdf) that it is seeking “relevant text messages, as well as any after action reports…
Secret Service Deleted Jan. 6 Text Messages: Inspector General
U.S. Secret Service text messages sent on the day the U.S. Capitol was breached were deleted, a watchdog said this week. A number of texts from Jan. 5 and Jan. 6, 2021, “were erased as part of a device-replacement program,” Joseph Cuffari, the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general, told lawmakers in a July 13…
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