In violation of the Privacy Act of 1974, the Trump administration released the unredacted military service records of Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey. It wasn’t a mistake.
The files purportedly implicate Sherrill, who is running for governor of New Jersey, in a cheating scandal in the U.S. Naval Academy. But what they actually show is that she wasn’t part of the scandal herself, but she was reprimanded for not turni…
How Trump’s illegal leak of this Democrat’s military records backfired
September 27, 2025