{"id":1577862,"date":"2022-07-29T09:19:24","date_gmt":"2022-07-29T13:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1577862"},"modified":"2022-07-29T09:21:44","modified_gmt":"2022-07-29T13:21:44","slug":"former-acting-dhs-secretary-chad-wolf-slams-the-washington-post-over-report-on-missing-text-messages-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-acting-dhs-secretary-chad-wolf-slams-the-washington-post-over-report-on-missing-text-messages-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf Slams The Washington Post Over Report On Missing Text Messages"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-acting-dhs-secretary-chad-wolf-slams-the-washington-post-over-report-on-missing-text-messages-2%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1577862&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf slammed The Washington Post over a report that it published Thursday evening that alleged that his text messages went missing for a key period leading up to the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.<\/p>\n<p>The report <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2022\/07\/28\/homeland-security-texts-jan6\/\">claimed<\/a> that acting Deputy Secretary Ken Cuccinelli\u2019s text messages also went missing and that the department notified its inspector general that the messages were lost in a \u201creset\u201d of their government-issued phones when they departed from their positions as Democrat President Joe Biden took over.<\/p>\n<p>The report was largely speculative, claiming for example that the text messages \u201ccould have shed considerable light on Trump\u2019s actions and plans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is extremely troubling that the issue of deleted text messages related to the January 6 attack on the Capitol is not limited to the Secret Service, but also includes Chad Wolf and Ken Cuccinelli, who were running DHS at the time,\u201d Democrat House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie G. Thompson claimed in a statement. \u201cIt appears the DHS Inspector General has known about these deleted texts for months but failed to notify Congress.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wolf responded to the report in a statement, saying that it was hard for him even \u201cto know where to begin with the inaccuracies in this reporting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c@mariasacchetti @CarolLeonnig gave me just hours to \u2018respond\u2019 while I was traveling,\u201d Wolf said. \u201cHad they actually attempted to reach me this is what I would have said\u2026 I complied with all data retention laws and returned all my equipment fully loaded to the Department. Full stop. DHS has all my texts, emails, phone logs, schedules, etc. Any issues with missing data needs to be addressed to DHS. To imply otherwise is lazy reporting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018Reporting\u2019 goes on to say that I deployed personnel to \u2018tamp down on BLM protestors in Portland,\u201d Wolf continued. \u201cThis is a lie that has been debunked over and over and over again. DHS personnel were attacked with baseball bats, hammers, IEDs, and endured more violence than most could imagine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The newspaper published a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-trump-under-federal-criminal-investigation-over-actions-related-to-2020-election-report-says\">report<\/a> Tuesday afternoon that claimed former President Donald Trump\u2019s actions related to events after the 2020 election are under criminal investigation by the Department of Justice.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors have reportedly questioned former White House officials in front of a grand jury about any conversations that Trump or his advisers may have allegedly had about trying to replace electors in states that Biden won with pro-Trump electors.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors have also reportedly asked about Trump\u2019s alleged attempt to pressure Vice President Mike Pence to overturn the results of the election and any instructions that Trump may have given his legal team about fake electors.<\/p>\n<p>Attorney General Merrick Garland said during a Tuesday evening interview with NBC News that the criminal investigation into the events of January 6 was \u201cthe most wide ranging investigation in its history,\u201d and there will be things that the DOJ finds that the House Select January 6th committee \u201chaven\u2019t found.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked by anchor Lester Holt about whether indicting Trump would \u201ctear the country apart,\u201d Garland responded,\u00a0\u201cWe intend to hold everyone, anyone who was criminally responsible for the events surrounding January 6, for any attempt to interfere with the lawful transfer of power from one administration to another, accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s what we do,\u201d he continued. \u201cWe don\u2019t pay any attention to other issues with respect to that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked if Trump announcing another campaign for president would impact how the DOJ would proceed with the case, Garland responded,\u00a0\u201cI\u2019ll say again that we will hold accountable anyone who was criminally responsible for attempting to interfere with the transfer, legitimate, lawful transfer of power from one administration to the next.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf slammed The Washington Post over a report that it published Thursday evening that alleged that his text messages went missing for a key period leading up to the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. 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