.RealBenCarson says Jan. 6 committee Social Security number leak was 'not an accident'
Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson suggested that the leak of nearly 2,000 Social Security numbers of Trump allies by the Jan. 6 Committee was"not an accident."
Carson, whose information was included in the leak, appeared on Fox & Friends First to discuss the circumstances. He revealed that he had not been issued an apology and said he believed that the leak was intentional given the nature of the situation."You would have thought that maybe they would have at least had the courtesy to contact the people whose lives have been affected by this," Carson said.
"Why is that all these accidents tend to be focused in one direction? You know, you have to wonder about that. And I wonder if maybe some of these people suffer some of the consequences. Maybe we should expose their PII," he speculated."This will have an impact for the rest of my life, and one of the horrible things is we're sending messages to people: don't get involved in government," Carson said.
"It's hard to be accidental because when I was at HUD, we paid a tremendous amount of attention to PII release, and it's not an accident," he concluded. The Social Security numbers leaked were listed in the White House guest book, which was included in the Jan. 6 committee's final report. The Social Security numbers of visitors were listed next to their names and were supposed to have been redacted in the version released to the public.At least three members of former President Donald Trump's cabinet were affected by the leak. So were other big names, such as Gov. Kristi Noem of North Dakota, Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas, and Gov.
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