Thompson, Maloney call for Secret Service watchdog to be removed from probe of erased texts

[Kid Berwyn]

Source: USA Today

WASHINGTON – Two leaders of key House committees wrote Tuesday to urge an inspector general to step aside in the investigation of Secret Service texts that were erased during the investigation of the Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021.

The erasure, which Secret Service officials have said was unintentional, is now part of a criminal investigation. But Joseph Cuffari, the inspector general for the Department of Homeland Security, failed to notify the committees about the lapse for months.

Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., head of the committee investigating the attack, and Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., head of the Oversight and Reform Committee, said the inspector general failed to promptly notify Congress as required by law after learning about the missing texts in December.

“The omission left Congress in the dark about key developments in this investigation and may have cost investigators precious time to capture relevant evidence,” the lawmakers said.

Read more: https://news.yahoo.com/thompson-maloney-call-secret-watchdog-212845501.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall

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Good idea.

[llashram]

1. so many

treasonous trump-loving seditionists that are embedded at all levels of our local and national government. It is worrisome when I think about all the roach spray it's going to take to clean the house of this vermin.

[Kid Berwyn]

2. Senators, Congressmen and women, Cabinet Secretaries...

Supreme Court, the Pentagon, State, DoJ, The IC…

[Joinfortmill]

11. Sadly lots of lying, cheating, scumbags out there.

[Skittles]

18. I will NEVER understand

how so many seemingly intelligent, accomplished people are willing to utterly HUMILIATE themselves over that vile BUFFOON....I mean, WTF!!!!!!!!!

[mopinko]

3. i know a lot of these ppl are hard to fire.

but i wish someone knew how to get them to quit.

[gab13by13]

4. Totally agree.

[mopinko]

6. wwlbjd

[Kid Berwyn]

8. Call his good friend J Edgar Hoover.

Use what they find to get their way when needed later.

[mopinko]

9. i've said several time they should sick the sen ethics committee on him, then

blackmail him.

[Orrex]

10. Can't they be reassigned to scrubbing toilets?

[mopinko]

12. i mean, there's rules about retaliation, esp for fed employees/appointees.

have to walk a fine line.
i had a friend who worked at eeoc under w. they just didnt take cases, and let the lawyers play tetris all day. most eventually quit or retired like she did.
but there's always ways to fly speck work, or give shitty assignments, or none...

[Orrex]

13. Maybe we could give them a raise and assign them to scrubbing toilets.

I see your point about retaliation, but it seems that there should be some recourse re: disciplinary action for malfeasance or dereliction of duty or whatnot?


Just ranting here, but I know someone who was fired for wearing the wrong shoes to work, but these clowns can shit on a congressional investigation with comparative impunity!

[mopinko]

14. i'm sure a case can be made, problem is

by whom? who has the huevos?

[Orrex]

15. Yeah, that's about the size of it

"No political will," as the expression goes.

[edhopper]

5. Surely he can be fired for cause over this.

How is it somenone an appointed position can't be removed by the President?

[justhanginon]

7. Appointed by trump is all we need to know. Corrupt! Fire his ass.

[Cha]

17. TY & to..

Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., head of the committee investigating the attack, and Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y.!!

Focus!
Please Fight to Save Our Democracy💙 in 2022 & 2024!