The Latest Breaking News from Joseph Cuffari

You've probably heard the expression that the cover-up is always worse than the crime — a notion that was cemented by the mother of all U.S. political scandals, Watergate. Think about it — only five burglars were nabbed by D.C. cops inside the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate…

House committee leaders say they have "grave new concerns" about Trump-appointed IG's "lack of transparency and independence."

WASHINGTON — Leaders of two House panels want the Homeland Security Department’s Office of Inspector General to answer questions about what they say are possible attempts to cover up the loss of Secret Service texts tied to the attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Top congressional Democrats have requested sit-down interviews and internal documents from the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general

What was in the all these missing records that was worse than weathering criticism over their disappearance?

WASHINGTON — The name expresses it all — the Secret Service is supposed to operate in the shadows as an apolitical agency protecting U.S. officials and their families. Like oxygen, it should be vital but largely invisible.

WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security’s chief watchdog halted efforts to try to retrieve lost Secret Service text messages from other department phones, The Washington Post reported.

Anonymous news reports said Tony Ornato and Bobby Engel were willing to testify under oath. Now, not so much

DHS Inspector General Joseph Cuffari, a former Republican advisor, previously quashed Secret Service probes

The National Archives asked the agency to report in a month on whether messages were ‘improperly deleted’

Explanation for how the messages from 5 and 6 January 2021 were deleted has gone from software upgrades to device replacements