The former House Select Committee on Jan. 6 deleted more than 100 encrypted files from its probe just days before Republicans took over the majority in the House of Representatives, Fox News Digital has learned.
The House Administration Committee's Oversight Subcommittee is leading an investigation into Jan. 6, 2021, led by Chairman Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga. The panel is investigating the security failures on that day, as well as the "Actions" of the former select committee investigating the Capitol riot.
Sources familiar with Loudermilk's investigation told Fox News Digital that, per House rules, the former select committee, which was chaired by Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., was required to turn over all documents from its investigation to the new, GOP-led panel, after Republicans secured the majority of the House of Representatives following the 2022 midterm elections.
Sources told Fox News Digital that Thompson had told Loudermilk that the select committee would turn over four terabytes of archived data, but that the new committee only received approximately two terabytes of data.
Sources said those files were deleted on Jan. 1, 2023 - just days before Thompson's team was required to transfer the data to the new committee.
"As you acknowledged in your July 7, 2023 letter, the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol did not archive all Committee records as required by House Rules," Loudermilk wrote.
Loudermilk's committee knows the transcripts of these interviews exist, but said they were not turned over by the Thompson-led committee.
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