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American Oversight v. Hegseth
[edit]American Oversight v. Hegseth is a pending lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The case concerns allegations that officials in the Trump administration unlawfully used the encrypted messaging app Signal to discuss sensitive military operations, in violation of federal record-keeping laws. Chief Judge James Boasberg was randomly assigned to the case.[1][2]
The "Houthi PC small group" Signal chat was a messaging thread involving senior officials of the Trump administration in 2025, including Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, National Security Adviser Michael Waltz, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, and Vice President J.D. Vance. The group discussed operational details related to a U.S. military strike on Houthi targets in Yemen on March 15, 2025.[3]
Legality
[edit]On March 26, a government watchdog group, American Oversight, filed suit in the District Court for the District of Columbia against Pete Hegseth, Tulsi Gabbard, John Ratcliffe, Scott Bessent, Marco Rubio, and the National Archives and Records Administration, alleging that they failed to abide by the Federal Records Act and the Administrative Procedure Act. The case was assigned to judge James Boasberg.[4][5] The next day, he issued a temporary restraining order, telling the government to preserve all Signal communications from March 11–15 and to file a status report the next Monday with declarations specifying what steps were taken to preserve the messages.[6]
- ^ American Oversight v. Hegseth, No. 1:25-cv-00883 (D.D.C. March 25, 2025).
- ^ Raymond, Nate (March 26, 2025). "U.S. judge in Trump deportation case assigned lawsuit over Signal scandal". Reuters. Retrieved March 26, 2025.
- ^ Goldberg, Jeffrey (March 26, 2025). "Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump's Advisers Shared on Signal". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on March 26, 2025. Retrieved March 26, 2025.
- ^ Bohannon, Molly (March 26, 2025). "Judge Who Blocked Trump's Deportation Flights Assigned to Signalgate Lawsuit". Forbes. Archived from the original on March 26, 2025. Retrieved March 26, 2025.
- ^ Rubin, Olivia; Charalambous, Peter (March 26, 2025). "Lawsuit Over Trump Administration's Signal Group Chat Assigned to Judge in Deportation Case". ABC News. Retrieved March 26, 2025.
- ^ Sneed, Tierney (March 27, 2025). "Judge orders Trump administration to keep Signal records amid Yemen attack chat controversy". CNN. Retrieved March 28, 2025.