Democrats seek criminal probe over group chat on Houthi strike
Source: Roll Call
Posted March 26, 2025 at 6:16pm
Democratic lawmakers called for criminal investigations Wednesday into the conduct surrounding a sensitive group chat in which high-ranking Trump officials discussed military action against the Houthis.
Senate and House Democrats underscored the Espionage Act in letters to the Trump administration as they called for either Attorney General Pamela Bondi or a special counsel to review the activity of the Signal group chat, which has set off a firestorm on Capitol Hill.
The existence of the group chat was revealed by The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, who reported he was accidentally added to the chat. On Wednesday, The Atlantic published the chat that included information about the attacks ahead of “the scheduled start of the bombing of Houthi positions.”
Rep. Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, argued in a letter Wednesday that conduct in the group chat was “likely” a violation of the Espionage Act. “This situation is perhaps one of the most humiliating and dangerous national security breaches in modern American history,” Raskin said in the letter to Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel, adding that the episode put the lives of American servicemembers at risk.
Read more: https://rollcall.com/2025/03/26/democrats-seek-criminal-probe-over-group-chat-on-houthi-strike/
Link to Rep. Raskin LETTER (PDF) - https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25870714/2025-03-26-raskin-to-bondi-doj-patel-fbi-re-signal-chat-1.pdf
Link to Sen. Schumer LETTER (PDF) - https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25870709/3262025trumpcabinetopsecaccountabilityletter2.pdf
Link to Rep. Goldman LETTER (PDF) - https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25870710/32625-letter-from-rep-goldman-et-al-to-ag-bondi-0.pdf
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