A Senate Democrat is calling for a probe into whether the Trump admin. improperly classified key documents that were sent to Congress for political reasons, including the transcript of Trump's July 25 call & the War Powers justification regarding Soleimani
In a letter sent Thursday to Gene Dodaro, the Comptroller General of the United States, Sen. Chris Murphy, specifically requested that the Government Accountability Office conduct a comparative review of documents to ensure classification levels are consistent with the nature of material held in the executive branch, according to a copy of the correspondence obtained by CNN. The GAO is an independent federal watchdog group.
"I request that GAO compare a sample of classified documents held by the Office of Senate Security to the original classified versions an underlying source materials held by the respective executive branch departments and agencies to determine the extent to which the classification levels are the same," he added.
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