Watchdog group calls on Merrick Garland asked to investigate deleted phone messages from senior Trump officials
the shock deletion on Tuesday, having discovered it through freedom of information requests to the Department of Defense.
The Department of Justice and the House January 6 committee continue to investigate Trump’s attempt to overturn his election defeat.: “We urge you to investigate DoD’s failure to preserve the text messages of several high-ranking officials on or surrounding the day of the January 6 attack.
The Pentagon’s sluggish response to the Capitol attack remains the subject of widespread speculation and investigation., “the mobilisation and deployment of national guard troops from an armory just two miles away from the Capitol was hung up by confusion, communications breakdowns and concern over the wisdom of dispatching armed soldiers to quell the riot”.On Tuesday, Neyhe turned in a phone when he left the Department of Defense on 20 January 2021, the day of Joe Biden’s inauguration.
On January 6, a mob Trump told to “fight like hell” attacked Congress in an attempt to stop certification of Biden’s election victory. Nine deaths have been linked to the riot, including suicides among law enforcement officers.
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