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Raw Story: 'So embarrassing': Sen. Chris Murphy flags 'the biggest scandal' surrounding Trump admin
Raw Story - 'So embarrassing': Sen. Chris Murphy flags 'the biggest scandal' surrounding Trump admin
Brad Reed
March 27, 2025 8:35AM ET
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) unloaded on the Trump administration for unwittingly sending classified war plans over Signal to the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic.
During an appearance on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," Murphy let rip on how badly the administration handled not only the initial scandal itself but also the fallout.
"This is so embarrassing," Murphy said. "It makes America look weak in the world. Everybody knows what happened here. It was a massive mistake! It was likely illegal, potentially criminal. Own up to it, fess up to it, move on. This could have probably been a one-day story if they'd just admitted they'd made a mistake."
Murphy went on to describe the administration's use of Signal to transmit classified war plans as "three scandals in one."
"One is the incompetence," he elaborated. "Pete Hegseth wasn't covered in glory before this scandal, he's mismanaged everything he has touched, he's made America look weaker in the world since he divulged America's negotiating bottom lines on Ukraine... It's a scandal because they're going to continue doing this. They haven't pledged to take their communications off Signal and so they're telegraphing that they're going to continue to act illegally."
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Brad Reed
March 27, 2025 8:35AM ET
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) unloaded on the Trump administration for unwittingly sending classified war plans over Signal to the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic.
During an appearance on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," Murphy let rip on how badly the administration handled not only the initial scandal itself but also the fallout.
"This is so embarrassing," Murphy said. "It makes America look weak in the world. Everybody knows what happened here. It was a massive mistake! It was likely illegal, potentially criminal. Own up to it, fess up to it, move on. This could have probably been a one-day story if they'd just admitted they'd made a mistake."
Murphy went on to describe the administration's use of Signal to transmit classified war plans as "three scandals in one."
"One is the incompetence," he elaborated. "Pete Hegseth wasn't covered in glory before this scandal, he's mismanaged everything he has touched, he's made America look weaker in the world since he divulged America's negotiating bottom lines on Ukraine... It's a scandal because they're going to continue doing this. They haven't pledged to take their communications off Signal and so they're telegraphing that they're going to continue to act illegally."
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