An independent watchdog group is suing several federal agencies after they deleted text messages from top officials from the time period surrounding the January 6th insurrection.
“And federal records from at least one former top DHS official’s personal phone remain, on information and belief, outside of government custody,” CREW alleges.
It’s a sure thing information relevant to the J6 event could be found on 100 personal phones, if only you knew which ones to subpoena.
An independent watchdog group is suing several federal agencies after they deleted text messages from top officials from the time period surrounding the January 6th insurrection.
Good. Now if only we had watchdog groups within the government itself doing their job.
From the article explaining the deletions:
“Though Congress requested all written communications following the attack, it gradually came to light that the text messages of officials and key staffers in the Secret Service, Defense Department, DHS and Army had all been deleted some in what was described as a routine protocol for outgoing employees and some in a pre-planned system migration process that took place after Biden was inaugurated.”
In regard to the reasons given by the various federal agencies and authorities for the deletions provided above,
Just let me say, I do not believe in virgin births.
This summer, the Democratic committee heads sent Cuffari letters asking him to clear up discrepancies in his timeline, as well as recuse himself from the ongoing investigation. He refused.
Per the Inspector General Act (and the subsequent Reform act), Biden has to the power to fire this guy but for some inexplicable reason, he is still in his post. I would love to believe Joe is playing multi-dimensional chess.
ETA: According to the linked article, Trump fired two IGs, one without following the Reform law. Cuffari is sand-bagging a vital investigation and he legally can be removed.
https://www.lawfareblog.com/how-legally—and-illegally—fire-inspectors-general
ETTD…right?
Wolf and Cuccinelli are rat bastard fascists. I get pissed off each time I am reminded of their continued existence and freedom.
This is a brilliant move by CREW. And the docket indicates it’s been assigned to Judge Tanya Chutkan, who has no patience for MAGA bullshit.
The relief they’re requesting seemed nebulous to me. Do you think anything substantial will come of this?
The idea is to force the agencies to turn the matters over to DOJ for a proper investigation. So long as the agencies/IG’s keep stalling, DOJ can’t do anything.
I mean I get that but then everything seemed to be hedged about with “as deemed appropriate” qualifiers. Any guess as to whether this will go anywhere?
The “as deemed appropriate” language is just a nod to the court’s power to shape an appropriate equitable remedy. It basically means “Fix this however you see fit, Your Honor.”
Exactly. That’s what I was referring to – nebulous. I’m skeptical this will result in anything substantial
It gets worse…
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/12/06/jan-6-generals-lied-ex-dc-guard-official-523777
Matthews’ memo levels major accusations: that Flynn and Piatt lied to Congress about their response to pleas for the D.C. Guard to quickly be deployed on Jan. 6; that the Pentagon inspector general’s November report on Army leadership’s response to the attack was “replete with factual inaccuracies”; and that the Army has created its own closely held revisionist document about the Capitol riot that’s “worthy of the best Stalinist or North Korea propagandist.”
I can no longer find this memo online. It was titled “The Hard Right” (v the easier wrong). One thing I recall from it, however, is the observation that Charles Flynn (Mikey’s brother), for whom this alleged cover-up was concocted, was promoted last year and put in charge of the Army’s Defense of the Pacific.
May they succeed in getting the government to retrieve those records. In the meantime, there’s a world series game to watch.