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April 29, 2025
Washington, D.C. (April 29, 2025)— Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent letters to former Department of Defense (DoD) Senior Advisor Dan Caldwell, DoD Secretary Hegseth’s former Deputy Chief of Staff Darin Selnick, former Chief of Staff to the Deputy Defense Secretary Colin Carroll, former Chief of Staff to the Secretary of Defense Joe Kasper, and former chief Pentagon spokesman John Ullyot requesting transcribed interviews as part of the Committee’s investigation into reports that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth discussed highly sensitive, likely classified plans for a military operation in Yemen on the Signal messaging application and on his personal device.
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April 29, 2025
Washington, D.C. (April 29, 2025) - Below is Rep. Kweisi Mfume's opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at today's Subcommittee on Government Operations hearing on the Department of Defense's (DoD) lack of transparency and fiscal irresponsibility.
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April 9, 2025
Washington, D.C. (April 9, 2025)—Today, Rep. Stephen F. Lynch led Committee Democrats in introducing a Resolution of Inquiry to investigate the Trump Administration’s illegal use of unsanctioned, insecure communications services and platforms for national security duties.
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April 9, 2025
Washington, D.C. (April 9, 2025)— Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, and Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) Acting General Counsel Charles L. Young III requesting documents, information, and answers as to how DOD is ensuring Elon Musk is not using his position as a Special Government Employee (SGE) to enrich himself or his companies in violation of federal ethics rules.
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April 3, 2025
Washington, D.C. (April 3, 2025)—The Department of Defense (DoD) Acting Inspector General Stebbins has informed the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee that the DoD Office of the Inspector General (OIG) will be investigating Defense Secretary Hegseth’s use of Signal following calls from Ranking Member Gerald E. Connolly and the Chair and Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
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April 2, 2025
Washington, D.C. (April 2, 2025)— Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent letters to Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Central Intelligence Agency Director John Ratcliffe, and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard requesting documents and information regarding the Trump Administration officials’ violation of federal law by failing to preserve the communications exchanged in the now-infamous March 15, 2025, Signal chat that included likely classified national security information.
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April 2, 2025
Washington, D.C. (April 2, 2025)— Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on the Military and Foreign Affairs, led Subcommittee Democrats in rebuking the Trump Administration’s use of an insecure phone app and personal Gmail accounts to share likely classified and highly sensitive information.
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April 2, 2025
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April 1, 2025
Washington, D.C. (April 1, 2025)— Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent letters to non-principal agency officials involved in the unsecured Signal group chat in which senior Trump Administration officials discussed highly sensitive, likely classified plans for a military operation in Yemen using unapproved and unlawful communication methods, unknowingly included The Atlantic reporter Jeffrey Goldberg in those discussions, and endangered the lives of American servicemembers involved in the operation.
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March 27, 2025
Washington, D.C. (March 27, 2025)— Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Department of Defense Acting Inspector General Steven Stebbins; Department of State Acting Inspector General Sandra J. Lewis; Department of the Treasury Deputy Inspector General Loren Sciurba; Central Intelligence Agency Acting Inspector General Robert Host; and Counsel to the President David Warrington requesting a full and immediate investigation following two reports published in The Atlantic this week that revealed several members of the National Security Council and the White House Cabinet discussed classified plans for a military operation in Yemen in a group chat on the Signal messaging application that included The Atlantic reporter Jeffrey Goldberg.
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