Jason Crow: “It's one of several tools that Congress has to pursue accountability, to get information, and to attack corruption.”

Certainly, stopping leaks and protecting classified information is really important, and I would always support that," said Crow.

The problem is the broader context that Pete Hegseth has created here.

We are going to be there to call them out on their failed policies and the fact that we are now almost two years in this administration. And on every measure, every measure, Americans' lives have gotten worse.

The probe "part of his effort to create fear and to clamp down on information coming out of the Pentagon.