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 (see pdf  below) that it is seeking “relevant text messages, as well as any after action reports that have been issued in any and all divisions of the [U.S. Secret Service] pertaining or relating in any way to the events of January 6, 2021.” Thompson’s subpoena letter is addressed to the director of the Secret Service, James Murray.  …