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Top congressional Democrats on Tuesday accused the Department of Homeland Security’s Trump-appointed inspector general of stonewalling their efforts at accountability, and revealed a letter, sent last week, in which he refused to cooperate with their demands.
House Democratic leaders are accusing the Department of Homeland Security inspector general of obstructing congressional oversight by repeatedly failing to turn over the Secret Service's missing texts from before and during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol.
Two House committee chairs are accusing Department of Homeland Security Inspector General Joe Cuffari of stonewalling Congress and potentially violating the law by not turning over documents and communications around the deletion of Secret Service texts in the days following the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
Senator Gary Peters of Michigan demanded answers from several agency heads in letters released on Wednesday.
Sen. Rob Portman wrote to DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to press him about delays in providing records to Congress.