Pete Hegseth sued after journalist was added to group chat
Summary
American Oversight sued Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and other Trump officials after journalist Jeffrey Goldberg was accidentally added to a Signal group chat discussing U.S. war plans.
The lawsuit claims officials violated the Federal Records Act by failing to preserve communications.
The chat, including JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, contained war planning details about a strike on Houthi rebels in Yemen.
Hegseth denies sharing classified information. Signal’s auto-delete feature raised concerns about record-keeping.
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I love the catch-22 that this puts Trump in. If he declares that none of the details of the discussion were classified, then the journalist can release those details without legal issues. If he declares that they are classified, this happens.
He could pardon all of his buddies and be done with it.
The pardon only applies to criminal law, not civil. If someone is suing someone else, it's civil law at play.
Also doesn't apply to Resignation calls.
They could probably all just say, that the screenshot were photoshopped
It seems, that it doesn't matter to them anyway whatsoever...
Twist, the Atlantic has screen shots.
I think that they're the ones who are supposed to keep records, not random other people like The Atlantic or Russian intelligence.
They keep doing wildly illegal shit, and then getting upset when the courts shoot them down again and again.
I won't die until Al Roker is defense secretary