American Oversight v. Hegseth

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AMERICAN OVERSIGHT, Plaintiff, v. Civil Action No. 25-883 (JEB) PETE HEGSETH, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION Concerned that disappearing messages might erase decisions of national consequence from the public record, Plaintiff American Oversight challenges the use of the Signal application by executive-branch officials to conduct government business. Plaintiff argues that communicating via auto-deleting Signal messages violates the Federal Records Act, and it thus sues under the Administrative Procedure Act for injunctive and…