Last summer a number of Secret Service agents were just curious about exactly which text messages they sent and received on their personal cell phones on and around January 6th, 2021 were in the hands of federal investigators and put in a Freedom of Information Act request to the agency to find out, a request which NBC News has learned was denied.
“This letter is the final response to your Privacy Act inquiry submitted on Aug. 4, 2022, for information pertaining to the release of personal cell phone information and/or other personal identifiable information (PII) by the U.S. Secret Service,” said the letter from last Wednesday. “The agency has determined that regulation does not require a records disclosure accounting to be made in connection with your request.” Well that sure sucks for them but it shouldn’t be anything to worry about for most of them. Even if an agent’s husband asking her to pick up some more Astroglide on the way home from work is embarrassing it’s not like that’ll ever actually go public.
As long as there was no contact with anyone like, say the Oath Keepers, for example, then there’s no reason for concern. These agents can just go back to Secret Servicing like they do.