Salud Carbajal Slams Signal Group Chat Leak As An ‘Illegal Violation Of The Espionage Records Act’

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During a press briefing on the Signal group chat leak on Tuesday, Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-CA) discussed the Signal group chat leak detailing Yemen war plans amongst Trump officials.

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00:00Thank you Mikey. What else can be said? Recklessness at its best. I served in the United States

00:13Marine Corps Reserve for most of my service. I was mobilized for Desert Storm. I went to

00:18North Carolina, didn't make it out to the theater. But I speak for all the service members

00:24that were put at risk here. This was reckless at best and an illegal violation of the Espionage

00:30Records Act. That's what transpired here. And as we see typically with this administration,

00:38they denied. First they denied. Secretary of Defense denied when it was asked by the

00:43media. Then they went to saying that it was not classified. They unknowingly put somebody

00:50who was not part of the national security team on their signal channel. That's what

00:56they did. And then knowingly they did this on a signal channel that was not a secure

01:03method of communication. This is recklessness and we need to hold the administration accountable.

01:10They put our service members at risk. Could you imagine the enemies or others that they

01:18were targeting knowing all our plans? We could have dead pilots today. We could have

01:24dead pilots today and so many others that could have been injured or killed because

01:29of their reckless behavior. This is amateur honor. And the Senate confirmed this cabal

01:37of incompetent buffoons. Let's call it what it is. So today I think myself, I'm glad to

01:44join my fellow veterans calling for accountability, calling for the cleaning of the White House

01:52and taking action to make sure that this ridiculous behavior doesn't happen again. With that,

02:00I will introduce Congressman Derek Tran. We're going to get the Marine out of the way.

02:19They wrote it in crayon. No offense to Derek. We're going to get up Congressman Chris DeLuzio.

02:29Thanks. It's an honor to join.

Salud Carbajal Slams Signal Group Chat Leak As An ‘Illegal Violation Of The Espionage Records Act’

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