Asked to respond to a report from the Defense Department inspector General that accused Pentagon Chief Pete Hegseth acted with reckless disregard and endangered U.S. troops, Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA) raised the prospect that the former Fox News personality is still breaking the law.
Speaking with MS NOW host Anna Cabrera, the Democratic lawmaker expressed disgust at the findings that demonstrated the Donald Trump appointee used a personal device to share sensitive attack details not long after he was confirmed by the Senate.
He specifically raised objections to the report notation that the embattled Defense Department head refused to turn over his phone as part of the investigation.
“If anyone else in the military had done this, they would have been fired. And let’s remember, it clearly says he put troops at risk, the men and women in uniform at risk,” he told the host.
“And the second thing, and something that your team was alluding to before, I don’t think this has been corrected. I don’t even know if they’re still using Signal or not,” he accused. “That could be true because they did not cooperate with the IG in any way.”
“He didn’t hand over his phone,” he pointed out. “The DOD was — they recommended that the DOD put in place a program where they’re checking whether everyone’s doing this and checking whether this is being fixed. And they ignored that part. They didn’t do a system-wide sort of assessment of trying to fix this problem. So for all we know, he could still be using Signal. And I think he probably is, to be honest.”
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