Secret service

Two senior Democrats have suggested the DHS inspector general may have "secretly abandoned efforts" to collect Secret Service texts from January 6.

The agency's director was due to retire on July 31, but will now remain amid investigations into deleted texts.

Representative Jamie Raskin also issued a warning to former President Donald Trump and said Trump would be all alone at the end of the committee's findings.

Representative Adam Kinzinger said the Jan. 6 committee is happy to speak to Trump's Secret Service agents but they have to do so under oath.

The identity of the Secret Service staff members involved has not been disclosed, and the content of the exchanged texts is still unknown.

"Like any big organization, what's known to the public is what the organization feels comfortable telling the public," author Jeffrey Robinson said.

The former federal prosecutor said the Secret Service should welcome a "a full, aggressive FBI investigation" if they did nothing wrong.

Tony Ornato and Robert Engel have said they will speak to the January 6 committee under oath but have reportedly not yet done so.

The committee's public hearings are returning to a primetime slot this Thursday.

Lawrence O'Donnell suggested that the January 6 committee issue a subpoena to Secret Service Director James Murray and seek his text messages.

Concerns about Secret Service's ties to Donald Trump arose even before the agency was accused of deleting January 6 messages. Newsweek Fact Check found.

Presidential historian Michael Beschloss said it was "vital" to know if the Secret Service has been "dangerously compromised."

The National Archives directed the agency to provide a report on the text messages within 30 days.

The Secret Service is expected to provide the January 6 committee with the text messages they've been seeking by Tuesday.

There are lingering questions about why the former vice president refused to get into a car manned by Secret Service agents on January 6, 2021.

The Secret Service's head of communications said the DHS inspector general's claims about the texts were "categorically false."

A government oversight official told congressional committees the Secret Service deleted the texts as a congressional probe turns its focus on the agency.

During an interview with British journalist Piers Morgan, actor Mickey Rourke revealed he'd been visited by the secret service.

A number of names, including Secret Service members and White House counsel, are said to be willing to testify about Donald Trump and the insurrection.

Ornato, the 1/6 panel has heard, told a White House aide that Donald Trump was enraged at being blocked from going to the Capitol.

From my 14 years working in the Secret Service, I know that Presidents don't like to be told "no."

Investigative journalist Carol Leonnig has claimed that some Secret Service agents seemed to support the Capitol riot.

If these allegations from Cassidy Hutchinson hold true, then the Secret Service has once again lived up to its ideals. As has always been my experience, the Service did not and does not air the dirty laundry of its protectees — presidents or otherwise.

Trump, Secret Service agents and a former Trump lawyer have all reportedly disputed parts of the former White House aide's testimony.

Leonnig also spoke about the reputations of Tony Ornato and Bobby Engel, who were both considered to be close to Donald Trump.

Former Republican Congressman Denver Riggleman said that more evidence against Mark Meadows, in particular, could still come out.

Former White House aide Hutchinson told a panel that on January 6, 2021 Donald Trump was irate in the presidential limousine and demanded to be taken to the Capitol to join his supporters.

Greene said that she would "start holding my own J6 committee hearings" if the official committee did not allow Secret Service agents to rebuff Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony.

New images have emerged showing the former vice president after he had been evacuated for his safety from the chamber floor.

Two Memphis City Councilmen are demanding local police refuse to escort the former president to an event in Southaven, Mississippi on June 18.