‘It Happens’: Republicans Want to Let War Group Chat Debacle Slide

“I don’t think when moms and dads lie down to sleep at night they’ll be worried about this,” Sen. John Kennedy said.

Sen. John Kennedy

Sen. John Kennedy attends a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. Tom Williams/AP

Leaking top secret war plans is a federal crime, but sharing them with a journalist unintentionally included in a group chat with the most powerful people in the world? Republicans in Congress indicated Monday that they want to let that one slide.

“No, it’s not our issue,” House Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters Monday night.

“As I understand it,” Johnson continued, “the administration acknowledges that there was some error or oversight. They’re in the process of correcting it, and I’m told they’re doing an investigation to find out how that number was included.”