Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., grilled Gabbard over the nature of the texts.
"Director Gabbard, did you participate in the group chat with Secretary of Defense and other Trump senior officials discussing the Yemen war plans?" the committee vice chairman asked her.
"I don’t want to get into the specifics," she responded, noting that the matter is "currently under review by the National Security Council."
"There was no classified material that was shared in that," Gabbard also said.
"So then if there [was] no classified material, share it with the committee," Warner shot back. "You can't have it both ways. These are important jobs. This is our national security. Bobbing and weaving and trying to, you know, filibuster your answer. So please answer the question. Director Gabbard, if this was a rank-and-file intelligence officer who did this kind of careless behavior, what would you do with them?"
"Senator, I'll reiterate that there was no classified material that was shared in that," she said. 🙄
In another exchange Gabbard refused to say if she was using her personal phone while communicating from overseas on the war plans discussion thread.
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