Summary
Top Republican senators are calling for an investigation into the Signal leak scandal after senior Trump administration officials accidentally added a journalist to a chat discussing military strikes on Yemen.
National security adviser Mike Waltz took responsibility, but conflicting statements from Waltz and Trump have fueled confusion.
Republicans are urging probes by the Senate Armed Services and Intelligence Committees.
Tensions within the GOP are growing, with hawkish Republicans supporting Waltz and Trump loyalists opposing him. Legal challenges have also emerged over potential violations of the Federal Records Act.
I hope I’m wrong, but my money is on most of them deciding early that there shouldn’t be any punishments handed out. Susan Collins will swerve a bit with her answer to appear as a holdout, until she ends up towing the party line again, stating that they’ve “learned their lesson”.
It’s going to be a lot of “concerned” comments from both the senate and the house, but nobody is willing to put their votes where their mouth is.
Definitely an accurate prediction for Collins - she already called in sick so she didn’t have to attend the hearings.