Olszewski Calls for Investigation Into Trump Team’s Use of Open Source Messaging App to Discuss Military Action

(Washington, DC) – Congressman Johnny Olszewski, a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today issued the following statement following a report in The Atlantic that members of the Trump Administration used an unofficial and unsecured open source messaging app to discuss sensitive and potentially classified information:

 

“The use of non-classified means to communicate war plans in real time is reckless and seriously calls into question the experience, qualifications and judgement of those leading our national security apparatus— including Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Director of National Security Tulsi Gabbard, and National Security Advisor Mike Waltz.

 

Our enemies are trying everyday to infiltrate the communications of those involved in this group chat. Using open source apps to discuss military targets and timing puts the lives of our men and women in uniform at grave risk.

 

I am calling for a swift, serious and substantive investigation— one that quickly holds everyone involved fully accountable for one of the most shocking security failures in decades.”