Casten Calls For Resignation Of Trump Leaders In Signal Group Chat

DOWNERS GROVE, IL — Congressman Sean Casten (IL-06) joined the growing chorus of congress members calling on President Trump to demand the resignations or fire key leaders from his administration, after they allegedly shared on an unsecured commercial app top-secret attack plans against Yemen’s Houthis. Inadvertently added to group chat was Atlantic Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg.

The Trump Administration has vehemently denied that any classified information was released regarding the attack on the Iran-backed Houthi rebels via the Signal chat app. On Wednesday, news media organizations around the globe, including the Atlantic, published the entire transcript of what is being portrayed as a stunning breach of national security.

Casten slammed JD Vance, Pete Hegseth, Mike Waltz, Marco Rubio, Tulsi Gabbard, John Ratcliffe and others as the “consequences of what happens when inexperienced and unqualified individuals are put in charge of our national security.” Top military leaders were not included in the group conversation.

“Starting an unsecured group chat on potentially unsecured personal devices to discuss strategy and timing of a US military operation is in itself a scandal,” Casten continued in his statement. “To do so while also adding unknown people to the group is a mark of incompetence and sloppiness that is disqualifying for a junior officer, much less Cabinet officials. To then lie to Congress under oath about the nature of those disclosures shows the contempt that these individuals hold for our democracy itself.”

Under any other circumstances, the breach would be a fireable offense if committed by any junior employee at the Department of State, Defense, CIA, NSA or Vice President’s office. The congressman added that the rot will spread if leaders are held to the same standard.

“If the buck still stops at the President’s desk, he will demand the immediate resignation of all the individuals involved—including Pete Hegseth, Tulsi Gabbard, Michael Waltz, John Ratcliffe, Marco Rubio, and JD Vance,” Casten said “He will also provide an immediate and full report to Congress and allow for an investigation into the scope of this breach, as well as a review of all protocols to ensure it never happens again. And he will immediately reach out to our allies to restore their trust and minimize the ongoing threat to the United States’ security posture.”

“Anything short of that would mark the President and his leadership team as incompetent, treasonous, or both. And if that sounds politically impractical, it is only because the rot is so widely spread around the President, his cabinet, and his enablers.

“These are serious jobs, and we are living in deadly serious times. The survival of our Republic depends on taking all responsibility away from these dangerously unserious people. Mr. President, it’s time to act like the leader you claim to be.”

The discussion of war plans brings up questions of whether federal laws were violated, if classified information was exposed on the commercial messaging app, and whether anyone will face consequences for the leaks.