Secret Service turned over phones of agents involved in Jan. 6 response to DHS watchdog
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Washington — The U.S. Secret Service handed over the cellphones of two dozen agents involved in the agency's response to the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol to the inspector general of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) over the summer, according to three sources familiar with the matter.
The agency turned the phones over in July as part of an investigation launched by DHS Inspector General Joseph Cuffari into missing Secret Service text messages from Jan. 5 and Jan. 6, 2021. The agents' text messages were previously subpoenaed by the inspector general and the House select committee investigating the Capitol riot. NBC News was the first to report the Secret Service had handed over the cellphones to the inspector general.
The list of Secret Service personnel whose phones were subpoenaed includes former Secret Service Director James Murray; Deputy Director Faron Paramore; Robert Engel, the lead on former President Donald Trump's security detail; former Uniform Division Chief Thomas Sullivan; and former assistant director, and now director, Kimberly Cheatle.
