January 6 Committee Releases Social Security Numbers Of Top Trump Officials, Republican Governors

The House January 6 Committee, now disbanded and released Social Security Numbers that belong to hundreds AmericansIncludes former Trump Staffers and other top talent Republican officials.

After the committee’s last public meeting last mOnth, it released a trove of official records, testimonies, transcripts, and other information that it collected as part of its 18-month investigation into the riot at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. One A spreadsheet with nearly 2,000 entries was one of these documents. Social Security The number of people who visited the White House In December 2020.

Among The Social Security Numbers on the list, since deleted January 6 files, information related to at least three Trump Cabinet members, as well some Republican According to The Washington Post. Those People whose data was on the spreadsheet are now at an “elevated risk” To be victims identity theft-related crimes Identity Theft Resource Center COO James Lee said.

The The committee did not notify officials about the leak immediately. Ian Fury, a spokesperson of South Dakota Republican Governor Kristi NoemThe information of the removed document’s owner was provided by. “To my knowledge, we were not notified. The governor was not notified.”

Former Housing And Urban Development Secretary Ben CarsonThe sheet also contained the information of a third person, named. Post: “Whether it was a careless and sloppy handling of records or a deliberate disregard of decorum, either scenario is a perfunctory and callous display of government and a frightening reminder of the current state in Washington. … President Reagan was a savant indeed — the nine most frightening words to hear are ‘I am from the government and here to help.’”

The committee stated that sensitive information such as personal information was not released to the general public without first being reviewed by the committee. Social Security Numbers was a mistake.

The January 6 Committee, which was stacked Democratic Congressmen and two former GOP lawmakers. Liz Cheney And Adam Kinzinger, Investigated the January 6 riot at Capitol With an emphasis Former President Donald Trump’s role in the chaotic event. On December 19. The committee held its last public hearing. voted Recommend the Department This is Justice The former president should be charged with the riot.

Trump “lost the 2020 election and knew it, but he choose to try and stay in office through a multi-part scheme to overturn the results and block the transfer of power,” Chairman of the committee Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) said. “In the end, he summoned a mob to Washington and, knowing they were armed and angry, pointed them to the Capitol and told them to ‘fight like hell.’ There’s no doubt about this.”

The Committee voted to recommend Trump Be charged with obstruction of an official proceeding and conspiring to defraud United States, conspiring against the federal government to make false statements, and inciting an uprising.

Attorney General Merrick Garland Ex-war crimes prosecutor tap Jack SmithHe was previously a member of the international criminal court. The HagueAs special counsel, to take over two Department This is Justice Inquiries into Trump Over the January 6 riots and a cache containing classified documents Trump Supposedly incorrectly stored Mar-a-Lago.