McCarthy just now appeared to excuse GOP members bringing cell phones into the secure area of the SCIF, telling me:

“These are individuals who have never been in Intel Committee before or anywhere else. So it’s nothing serious from that matter.”

Direct quote.
Other Republicans are using this justification too, telling me that they worked to collect everyone’s phones after realizing that some members had walked in with their devices.

Still, the entire facility had to be swept due to the security breach.
Wow — an official working on the impeachment inquiry says some Republicans “refused to completely remove” their phones from the facility “after being advised by the Sergeant at Arms and security personnel that there were members still in possession of electronic devices.”
Official also says of the GOP members who forced their way into the SCIF despite not being on any of the 3 committees:

“The House Parliamentarian has ruled that these members are in violation of House deposition rules.”
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