Overview

• The National Personnel Records Center confirmed a technician failed to follow procedure and sent Rep. Mikie Sherrill’s largely unredacted military record to Nicholas De Gregorio, an ally of GOP nominee Jack Ciattarelli, after a FOIA request.
• The materials exposed Social Security numbers, home addresses, life insurance details, performance evaluations, and a nondisclosure agreement, which legal experts say may violate the Privacy Act and FOIA exemptions.
• National Archives officials said they have alerted the inspector general, apologized to Sherrill’s office, and begun reviewing NPRC controls and processes.
• House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries called for a criminal investigation, while Democrats accused the Trump administration and Ciattarelli allies of weaponizing the records, a characterization Ciattarelli’s camp and De Gregorio dispute.
• Coverage of the file also noted Sherrill did not walk at the Naval Academy’s 1994 commencement after declining to report classmates in a cheating case, and she states she graduated and served nearly ten years in the Navy.