Republican Sen. Thom Tillis said on Monday that whoever ordered the second strike on survivors of the Pentagon's boat attack — "if substantiated" — needs "to get the hell out of Washington."

Tillis, the senator for North Carolina, told reporters that "we still need to get to the bottom" of the incident but it would amount to “a violation of an ethical, moral or legal code" if true, the Associated Press reports.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed on Monday afternoon that the U.S. military had carried out the strike on survivors of the initial attack, and said Special Operations Command head Adm. Frank Bradley was “within his authority and the law” in approving the second assault.

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The latest comments from Tillis come amid growing scrutiny of a nearly

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