WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal issued text of the following press release:
U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) ), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released (https://www.blumenthal.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/blumenthal-statement-on-dod-ig-report-finding-hegseth-put-american-servicemembers-at-risk) the following statement in response to a report issued by the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General which found that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's use of a commercial messaging application to share classified information put U.S. personnel and their mission at risk.
"This Pentagon watchdog report is shocking and repugnant, and yet another reason for Secretary Hegseth to resign or be fired...