Senators from both parties were poised to issue formal requests Wednesday for multiple inspector general probes into senior officials’ use this month of the Signal messaging app to discuss a military operation — and whether the incident is an aberration or part of a pattern.
Senate Armed Services Committee leaders said they are preparing a letter to the acting Pentagon inspector general on Wednesday that would request a probe of the incident, in which Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and other top Trump administration officials discussed plans for bombing Houthi rebels in Yemen ahead of the operation. The messages in the chat were set to disappear in a week, potentially complicating legally required recordkeeping.
Meanwhile, top Senate Democrats were drafting a letter requesting additional investigations. The missive will go to acting Pentagon IG Steven Stebbins and other federal IGs, including those who oversee intelligence agencies, a Senate Democratic aide said.
