Administration

Washington, D.C. (April 29, 2025)— Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Steven Stebbins, Acting Inspector General at the Department of Defense (DoD), and Tamara A. Johnson, Principal Deputy Inspector General at the Office of the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community, underscoring the need for an immediate investigation into the Pentagon’s and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s irresponsible and continued use of insecure platforms and personal devices to share sensitive attack plans, and his disclosure of extremely sensitive national security secrets to persons unauthorized to receive such information.

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. 

Washington, D.C. (April 29, 2025)— Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security sent a letter to Trump Administration officials demanding to see the agreement they crafted with El Salvador to hold more than 200 individuals from the United States in the notorious Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT) mega-prison and possibly other detention centers in El Salvador.

Washington, D.C. (April 28, 2025)—Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. David Min sent letters to Kirkland & Ellis LLP;  Allen Overy Shearman Sterling LLP;  Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP;  Latham & Watkins LLP;  Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP;  and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates requesting documents and information about each law firm’s “agreement” to provide millions of dollars in what the White House calls “pro bono legal concessions” to avoid being targeted by the Trump Administration.  In their letters, the Members also highlight reports that the agreements may have been made through President Trump’s personal lawyer for a “legal war chest to be used as” President Trump wishes.  These letters build on previous action by Rep. Min on this issue.

Washington, D.C. (April 24, 2025)— Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Acting Director Susan Monarez demanding answers after the Committee was provided with reports of the elimination of all staff responsible for responding to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests at the CDC.