Democrats Request Hearings on President Trump’s use of his Unsecured Personal Cellphone
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Reps. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Ted Lieu (D-CA) and Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) wrote to House Speaker Paul Ryan requesting hearings to examine President Trump's use of his unsecured personal cellphone to conduct official government business.
The letter raises the possibility that the President's conversations may have been incepted by hostile governments, potentially exposing important aspects of American diplomatic and military strategy. It also notes the discrepancy between the intense interest among House Republicans in Secretary Clinton's communications practices and their silence to date on Trump's irresponsible preference for his personal phone over the White House's secure communications systems.
The three Members of Congress wrote, "Given your comments in 2016 that, ‘Individuals who are ‘extremely careless' should be denied further access to classified information,' we are hopeful that you will see fit to conduct the same level of rigorous oversight, including public hearings, to examine the President's problematic personal cellphone-use."
The full letter can be found here.