Trump's cabinet members trying to 'shield their actions from public scrutiny' with continued use of auto-deleting Signal

Source: Law & Crime

Apr 22nd, 2025, 3:38 pm


Key members of President Donald Trump‘s cabinet are still violating federal law by continuing to use the encrypted Signal messaging app, a motion for a preliminary injunction filed Tuesday alleges.

Several members of the Trump administration were previously sued over their collaborative use of the app to apparently discuss military attacks — and subsequently ordered by a Washington, D.C., court to “make best efforts to preserve” any messages from the group chat in question.

Since then, evidence has reportedly emerged from various corners of the administration that use of the Signal app — where messages can easily be set to automatically delete after any given time period — is almost second nature to the federal government. The drip of such revelations quickly became a deluge.

Now, citing a “continued threat to the preservation of yet more records that contain sensitive government information,” the nonprofit government watchdog behind the original litigation has amended its lawsuit with several additional facts. And, it is pushing the judge overseeing the case for a more thorough and lasting court order.

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