The SS is under the umbrella of DHS. This is about the deleted SS texts.

The Department of Homeland Security’s internal watchdog, who is under criticism for his handling of an investigation into missing Secret Service text messages around the time of the Capitol attack, is refusing to cooperate with congressional demands, even blocking his employees from testifying before Congress, two top Democrats said on Tuesday.

This post-9/11 bureaucracy needs to be sunset.

...letter to Joseph V. Cuffari, the Homeland Security inspector general, demanding that his office comply with their requests for documents and transcribed interviews.

“You have refused to produce responsive documents and blocked employees in your office from appearing for transcribed interviews,” the letter said. “Your obstruction of the committees’ investigations is unacceptable..."
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Cuffari, who was appointed by Trump, claims that the Secret Service hampered his investigation into the matter. Congressional committees accuse him of failing to adequately carry out an inquiry.

Why is this mammal still head of this agency? Both should have their heads chopped off (employment-wise).

[There are also] deleted text messages related to the Capitol attack from top Homeland Security and Defense Department officials in the Trump administration. Defense officials have said that some phones of Trump administration officials were “wiped” when they left their government jobs.

Cuffari’s office similarly conducted a so-called iPhone refresh in June, when employees were instructed to wipe their devices and decide which text messages should be saved.

...[Cuffari] also directed the Secret Service to halt its internal search for purged texts so that it would not “interfere with an ongoing criminal investigation.” The agency has turned over the personal cellphone numbers of agents as part of that inquiry, according to a person familiar with the matter.

...His office “may have taken steps to cover up the extent of missing records"...

...called on Mr. Cuffari to recuse himself from the investigation, a demand he has refused. They have also called for two officials in his office to testify.