Author: Al Jazeera
Published on: 27/03/2025 | 00:00:00
AI Summary:
A federal judge has announced he will order the United States government to preserve messages from a Signal chat where top officials discussed plans to bomb Houthi targets in Yemen. That chat has since become the subject of a national controversy. The judge’s order stems from concerns that the messages might be deleted, in violation of federal records law. American Oversight has argued that the Trump administration may be using Signal to avoid compliance with the federal records Act. The nonprofit based its argument on the Federal Records Act of 1950, which creates a blueprint for government transparency. It has been updated to include electronic documents as well. The Trump administration responded to the article by denying any confidential information had been released in the chat. Goldberg responded with a second article sharing more messages that revealed the timings for the bombing campaign, as well as when the F-18 planes carrying the missiles would launch. He has also blamed Signal, saying the app “could be defective”
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