Mike Thompson Asked Point Blank About How Democrats Will ‘Force Action On This Security Breach’

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During a press briefing on the Signal group chat leak on Tuesday, Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA) discussed how Trump officials will be held accountable for a Signal group chat leak detailing Yemen war plans.

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00:00I'm the last one.

00:02Ryan, questions?

00:04They won't have any questions.

00:09A few members alluded to actions you could take or ways

00:13you could escalate this particular issue.

00:15What options are available to House Democrats

00:18to force action on this security breach?

00:22Excellent question.

00:23I think what you've heard from everybody here

00:25is we need to dig into this.

00:27We need to find out what the procedures are

00:30that they follow.

00:31How do we know this isn't happening in other places?

00:34How did this happen?

00:36It needs to be a full investigation.

00:38We need full transparency.

00:40And what we're doing is we're calling on everyone in Congress

00:43to come to the front line on this

00:45to make sure we get those answers.

00:49I'll just very quickly add, I mean,

00:53if House Republicans don't do the right thing by our nation

00:56and our men and women in uniform,

00:57everybody that is here today, we are

00:59going to ensure that they do the right thing.

01:01We will, every single day, remind people

01:04of the grave national security violation,

01:07the risk to all of our men and women in uniform.

01:09And we will not let them try to sweep this under the rug.

01:12I know our leadership is behind that, entire party's

01:15behind that.

01:16And you can hold each of us accountable

01:17to continue to push on that.

01:19And we appreciate your all's help

01:20to continue to focus on this until the right thing is done.

01:25I just want to add one thing in there real quick.

01:27At some point, the Secretary of Defense

01:29is going to have to come and testify

01:30in front of the House Armed Services Committee.

01:32And if they think he's not going to get asked about this,

01:37they're not living in reality.

01:39He's going to have to answer the call at some point.

01:42So why not do it now?

Mike Thompson Asked Point Blank About How Democrats Will ‘Force Action On This Security Breach’

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