Chris Deluzio Demands ‘Consequences’ For The Trump Administration From The Signal Chat War Plan Leak

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During Tuesday’s House Democrats press briefing, Rep. Chris Deluzio (D-PA) discussed the White House Signal chat war planning leak.

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00:00We're going to get up Congressman Chris DeLuzo.

00:03Thanks.

00:04Sorry about that.

00:04It's all right, thanks.

00:06It's an honor to join these great colleagues of mine,

00:09all of us who wore the uniform in different ways

00:11and different times.

00:12I was a Naval officer.

00:13I served at sea and on the ground in Iraq.

00:16What we saw from this administration was reckless.

00:19It was a dangerous breach of our national security.

00:21It was probably criminal conduct.

00:23There has to be consequences.

00:24This included the Vice President of the United States,

00:26the Director of the CIA, the Secretary of Defense,

00:29the National Security Advisor, the Secretary of State.

00:31I could go on and on.

00:33These are some of the most powerful people in America.

00:35If any of us had done this as junior enlisted or junior

00:38officers, what do you think would have happened?

00:40We'd be court-martialed.

00:42You'd likely end up in Fort Leavenworth or something

00:44like it.

00:46And to these people, to think that they may not face

00:48consequences is outrageous.

00:51Cannot happen.

00:53Now, we know Secretary of Excel's own Pentagon

00:57warned just last week that there

00:59were hacking vulnerabilities to Sigma, the very platform

01:02they were communicating on.

01:04Communicating about, you heard it here,

01:06sensitive, classified material.

01:10There is no defense for this.

01:12And so what we are saying here is something obvious.

01:14There has to be accountability.

01:16There needs to be a full investigation.

01:18And again, there are likely violations of the Espionage

01:20Act.

01:21There are likely violations of record-keeping requirements.

01:24They were communicating in a platform

01:26that purposefully deletes their communications.

01:29That is a violation of federal law.

01:31They're obscuring and hiding records from the American

01:33people.

01:35They were putting at risk service members

01:37who were carrying out these strikes.

01:40Now, I've said hence should roll.

01:42There have to be people who lose their jobs over this.

01:44There has to be a full investigation.

01:46I serve on the Armed Services Committee

01:48and join the calls that there is a full public accounting

01:50for what happened here.

01:52And when we uncover exactly who committed wrongdoing,

01:55if those folks don't resign, we should remove them from office.

01:58There can be no defense for this.

01:59They put our national security at risk.

02:02It is our duty in Congress to make sure that oversight

02:04happens.

02:04And I know these members and I will do everything

02:06we can to make sure it happens.

02:08So with that, I'm honored to introduce

02:09a fellow Pennsylvania veteran, Congressman Leland.

Chris Deluzio Demands ‘Consequences’ For The Trump Administration From The Signal Chat War Plan Leak

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