An American judge, hated by Donald Trump, orders the conservation of signal messages – Liberation
The case continues to shake Washington. A judge ordered the Autrion Trump on Thursday, March 27, to keep the messages of the conversation in which the lieutenants of the American president evoke military operations against the Houthis rebels of Yemen. Directly giving information to a journalist The Atlanticmistakenly integrated into the discussion group, which revealed them on Monday March 24 in his newspaper.
A transparency defense association, American Oversight, filed a complaint on Wednesday against the eminent cat members: the Pentagon chief, Pete Hegseth, the vice-president, Jd vanceor CIA boss, John Ratcliffe, Accusing them of having contravened the obligation to archive any official document. The NGO stresses that the messages appearing on the screen copies published by the magazine contain a proving symbol that they were going to be self -destructing after a certain time.
At the end of a summary hearing, a federal judge ordered the officials included in the conversation of « Do their best to keep all communications on signal from March 11 to 15, 2025 ». The first date corresponds to the creation of the group by the national security advisor Mike Waltz and the second to the American strikes against the Houthis of Yemen. During all this time, journalist Jeffrey Goldberg had access to discussions at the highest peak of the US State on the interest of such a military action and its operational details.
The judge in charge of the file, James Boasberg, also asked the American executive on Thursday to provide the proof that he « Has taken measures for such a conservation ». A double affront for the president who considers « scandalous » to have assigned the file to this judge with whom he has already had litigation during a case of evictions of alleged members of a Venezuelan gang. James Boasberg recalled at the start of the hearing that he had been randomly appointed.
For its part, the democratic opposition, arguing that the life of American soldiers could have been endangered, demands the resignation of the defense secretary Pete Hegseth. But President Donald Trump, who denounces a « witch hunt »supported his minister. The prospect of an internal pentagon investigation « Don’t bother me »however, he said on Wednesday to journalists.
Two American American senators, Roger Wicker, democratand Jack Reed, a Republican, justly asked the Pentagon Inspector of Pentagon « Getting an investigation » on this security flaw. « If it is true, this article arouses questions about the use of non-security networks to speak of confidential and secret-defense information »write the senators in a letter.
« We never denied that it was a mistake »said the White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt on Thursday, recalling that Mike Waltz had publicly assumed his « responsibility » For adding this journalist to this discussion. But there is little chance of opening a criminal investigation into the case. His head of diplomacy also recognized a « Big error ». Secretary of Justice Pam Bondi said he « These were sensitive information but not classified secret-defense ». « The mission was a great success. »
The Houthis say that these American strikes, which aim to put an end to their attacks against ships using the commercial roads of the Red Sea, have killed around fifty people and a hundred injured.
