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House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer is investigating the Selective Service System's promotion of a controversial social media post. The post, which compared President-elect Donald Trump to Nazi Germany and implied a mandatory draft, was shared on the agency's X account.

Chairman Comer has requested all documents and communications related to the agency's internal investigation into the incident. He also seeks a briefing with Committee staff. "The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the Selective Service System’s promotion of a social media post stating individuals are ‘stupid’ if ‘they still believe military service will be voluntary,’ and to ‘[r]emember Germany 1936’ mere days after Americans elected President Donald Trump to be the 47th President of the United States," wrote Chairman Comer. "The Committee is deeply disturbed that an independent federal agency... would re-post a wholly unsubstantiated, false, and contemptible claim."

The Selective Service confirmed that an inappropriate post about the mandatory draft was indeed posted on its account. Public reports indicate that it remained online for over an hour before being removed. The agency has initiated an investigation to understand what happened and prevent future occurrences.

"Although the Selective Service should continue to investigate this matter...the individual at fault for reposting such an inappropriate and disturbing message on an Agency X account should be terminated," continued Chairman Comer. He has requested a briefing from the Selective Service with Committee staff by December 26, 2024.

Read the letter to Acting Director Spangenberg here.