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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Rep. Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) and all House Intelligence Committee Democrats are calling on Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and the Intelligence Community to launch an independent investigation into a Signal group chat where senior Trump administration officials shared detailed plans for a U.S. military strike on Houthi terrorists in Yemen.

Last week during a committee hearing on worldwide threats, Rep. Gomez (CA-34) pressed Director Gabbard over conflicting testimony, raised concerns about Defense Secretary Hegseth’s judgment, and warned that sharing classified information over insecure platforms put national security at risk.

“Since you and other intelligence community leaders testified about the group chat before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence last Wednesday, there have been new developments,” the 11 Members wrote. “First, the bipartisan leaders of the Senate Armed Services Committee requested the Acting Inspector General of the Department of Defense conduct an inquiry into the facts and circumstances of the chat. Second, the Wall Street Journal, citing multiple U.S. officials, reported that a key American ally ‘provided sensitive intelligence from a human source in Yemen on a key Houthi military operative’ who was targeted in the U.S. military attack; that National Security Advisor Mike Waltz sent texts on the Signal chain following the attack—noting the U.S. had ‘positive ID’ that the building in which the operative was located had collapsed—that may have been linked to information from that source; and that the U.S. ally complained to the United States that Mr. Waltz’s texts had become public. The Wall Street Journal’s reporting, if accurate, is deeply concerning.”

The Members continued: “These developments underscore the need for the intelligence community, under your leadership, to conduct a parallel inquiry into the chat, to complement the congressionally-requested inquiry by the DOD IG and the inquiry that is—according to your testimony—apparently being conducted by the National Security Council.”

In addition to Rep. Gomez, Representatives Jim Himes (CT-04), André Carson (IN-07), Joaquin Castro (TX-20), Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08), Jason Crow (CO-06), Ami Bera (CA-06), Stacey Plaskett (VI-AL), Josh Gottheimer (NJ-05), Chrissy Houlahan (PA-06), and Mike Quigley (IL-05) signed the letter calling for the independent intel probe.

The full text of the letter is available here.