GOP lawmakers warn against federal records destruction in Signal chats
Source: The Hill
03/28/25 6:00 AM ET
Republican senators are warning that any conversation taking place between senior Trump administration officials over the commercial app, Signal, needs to be preserved to determine whether classified information was compromised and to comply with the Federal Records Act.
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) says he’s working on a letter with Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.), the ranking member of the Armed Services Committee, instructing the Trump administration to preserve all the records related to a Signal chat among senior officials about a military strike on Houthi rebels.
“We’re working on a different letter on preservation of documents,” Wicker said. A person familiar with the matter said that letter regarding document preservation was sent to the Trump administration Thursday. Wicker and Reed sent another letter Wednesday to the Pentagon’s office of inspector general asking the Defense Department to provide a detailed assessment of the facts and circumstances surrounding the Signal chat that involved Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, National Security Advisor Mike Waltz and other senior officials.
“This chat was alleged to have included classified information pertaining to sensitive military actions in Yemen,” they wrote. “If true, this reporting raises questions as to the use of unclassified networks to discuss sensitive and classified information, as well as the sharing of such information with those who do not have proper clearance and need to know.”
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5218725-trump-administration-signal-controversy/
Link to Sen. Reed (D-RI) NEWS RELEASE - SASC Leaders Reed & Wicker Request Inspector General Probe into Signal Incident
Link to LETTER (PDF) - https://www.armed-services.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/dodigsignalletter.pdf
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