Senator Coons statement on Atlantic story

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, issued the following statement today in response to today’s article inThe Atlanticentitled “The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans:”
“Jeffrey Goldberg’s reporting inThe Atlanticcalls for a prompt and thorough investigation. If senior advisors to President Trump in fact used non-secure, non-government systems to discuss and convey detailed war plans, it’s a shocking breach of the standards for sharing classified information that could have put American servicemembers at risk. There needs to be an oversight hearing and accountability for these actions.”