Overview
- Oversight Committee members voted unanimously to compel testimony from Rolling Stone contributor Seth Harp regarding his X post about a commander tied to the Venezuela mission known as Operation Absolute Resolve.
- Rep. Anna Paulina Luna alleged Harp doxxed the officer and leaked classified information, and the committee’s top Democrat, Rep. Robert Garcia, supported issuing the subpoena.
- Harp denied doxxing, saying he did not share personally identifying information and arguing his reporting is protected by the First Amendment.
- Coverage of the now-removed post indicates it named the officer, referenced his family and included the wife’s first name, and Harp said X temporarily locked his account until he deleted it.
- Press-freedom group FAIR condemned the subpoena as a threat to reporting on sensitive national-security matters.