FBI director avoids committing to investigate Signal leak and tells Congress he hasn’t reviewed the chat as Trump says it’s ‘not really an FBI thing’

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The FBI and Justice Department for decades have been responsible for enforcing Espionage Act statutes governing the mishandling — whether intentional or negligent — of national defense information.

The Justice Department has broad discretion to open an investigation, though it remains unclear whether Attorney General Pam Bondi, who introduced Trump at a Justice Department event this month, would authorize such an inquiry.

That material consisted of eight binders of classified information that Petraeus improperly kept in his house from his time as the top military commander in Afghanistan.

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Author / Journalist: Eric Tucker, The Associated Press

Category: EconomyBusiness

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Published On: 2025-03-27 @ 09:51:48 (4 days ago)

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