The heads of the Jan. 6 committee and the House Oversight Committee are calling for a new inspector general to lead the investigation into erased Secret Service text messages related to the Capitol insurrection.
In a letter sent Tuesday to the Department of Homeland Security Inspector General and the head of the Council of Inspectors General (CIGIE), Democratic Reps. Bennie Thompson and Carolyn Maloney raise concerns about DHS Inspector General Joseph Ciffari's "failure to inform Congress of deleted Secret Service text messages in a timely manner despite being required by law to 'immediately' report problems or abuses that are 'particularly serious or flagrant.' "
