"So I think a lot of confused messages coming out of the White House, this is all generating a lot of frustration among Republicans on Capitol Hill, who at the very least say that this was sensitive information that should not have been placed in the Signal app," Liptak added.Trump wants Pete Hegseth to investigate it, because…why not?
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS), chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, has called for an expedited investigation from the Pentagon inspector general, but Liptak said that could hit a snag.
"Of course, the inspector general at the Pentagon has been fired, so it's not exactly clear who will conduct that going forward," Liptak said.
The Trump administration fired 17 inspectors general shortly after Inauguration Day as part of a government-wide purge of internal watchdogs across government, and the Pentagon's IG office is currently being overseen on an acting basis by Steven Stebbins, who had previous served as the principal deputy inspector general.
You can’t make this stuff up.Trump: "Hegseth is doing a great job. He had nothing to do this. How do you bring Hegseth into it? He had nothing to do with it. Look, it's all a witch hunt ... I think Signal could be defective to be honest with you." pic.twitter.com/DXuRgo4HJJ
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