Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan sent out a memo earlier this month restricting the information officials at the Pentagon can give congressional members, straining the relationship between the two bodies.
According to the Washington Post, there has been bipartisan anger in reaction to the memo, as both Democrats and Republicans insist that a lack of information prevents them from doing their jobs.
The memo was reportedly spurred by concerns that congressional members cannot be trusted to keep military plans confidential.
Its release comes at a precipitous time for Shanahan, who President Donald Trump just tapped to be permanent defense secretary and who will need Senate confirmation.
Here’s the truth: you can’t trust the Rump administration and Shanahan with anything.
There’s a simple solution… CUT their budget BIGLY
Executive Branch can have information that the Legislative Branch can not. This contradicts co-equal branches of government.
And he’s temporary…there’s more from where that came from…
After HE’S gone, he’ll be impeached too. (Or maybe BEFORE).
Next impeachable act. Congress can’t perform oversight when they are denied access to critical information.