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Washington mdash; 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; stanley cups 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. Cuffari has said the Secret Service erased the texts from Jan. 5 and 6 as a part of a device-replacement program, after the inspector general s office requested records fr stanley mug om the agency. The inspector general asked the Secret stanley bottles Service to halt its internal investigation into the apparently deleted text messages to avoid impeding his office s own investigation.House Jan. 6 committe Cbgb Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens accused of unwanted sex in graphic report
Watch CBS News Videos OnlineOn Saturday, the Senate will vote on whether to begin debate on the health care reform bill introduced by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid D-Nevada earlier this week. Reid wants to get that wind under his belt before all these senators leave for Thanksgiving recess and don t see each other for another week or so, CBS News Capitol Hill Correspondent Nancy Cordes said on Washington Unplugged Friday. She said members of the Senate leadership are increasingly confident that they will get the sixty vote stanley cup s needed to start debate on the health care bill. Right now, Cordes said, Reid has the solid support of fifty-eight senators. We are getting smoke signals from just about everybody at this point that in fact they will vote yes to actually start this debate in motion, Cordes told Bob Schieffer. They are not saying how they will vote in the end but the consensus seems to be, why not start debating it then you can bring up amend stanley cup ments to try to change the parts of the bill that you don t like, and then in the end you can always vote no again stanley us The interview took place at the Senate s Russell Rotunda, where a concert was taking place below. As the health care debrief came to an end, a loud crescendo could be heard. It s a very dramatic issue, Cordes joked. To watch the full interview click on the video above. Key Dems Feel the Heat on Health Bill VoteKey Provisions of the Senate Health Care Bil |
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