The Inspector of the US Department of Defense has launched an investigation into the use of Pete Heget from the request for a signal for a message from other highest-level employees for Huti rebels in Yemen.
The White House faced a reaction after a journalist inadvertently was added to a group chat – where specific details about strikes were discussed – in the commercial application.
The investigation comes at the request of the Armed Forces Committee, led by Republicans.
The purpose of the survey is to determine whether the Minister of Defense and other employees have complied with the policies of the department to use announcements for announcements for discussion of the official business.
Inspector General Stephen Stebins said in a letter to Hegt that the guard will also “review compliance with classification and reservation requirements.”
The White House faced many questions after Atlantic's editor -in -chief Jeffrey Goldberg was added to a chat signal in early March, in which heget discussed the exact deadlines of planned strikes, along with weapons and other details.
The Democrats called for employees – including heget and national security advisor Mike Wals, who created the group chat – to resign because of the incident.
The Trump administration maintains the chat shared information is not classified.
The letter from the Inspector General asks Hegt to name two contact points for the investigation within five days, including a civil servant who is familiar with the incident, as well as a “member of the Higher Executive Service or General/Banner official”.
The review will be held in Washington and at the headquarters of the US command in Tampa, Florida, according to the letter.
Taking a press conference on Friday, Prosecutor General Pam Bondi said he had been aware of the survey of the Inspector General.
“These cases will have to be directed to me,” she said. “They are not directed me.”
On March 26, the chairman of the Senate Armed Forces Committee, Republican Roger Wicker and a member of the Demokat Demokat Reid, asked the Pentagon guard to investigate what reports were reported in the Signal Chat, the Ministry of Defense for sharing sensitive information on non -governmental networks.
Senators said the signal scandal “raises questions about the use of unclassified networks to discuss sensitive and classified information”.