The special investigation team on rebellion stated on the 26th that the recent search at some facilities within the Osan U.S. Air Force base was "not related to the U.S. military at all." This matter was mentioned during a summit between President Lee Jae-myung and U.S. President Donald Trump on the 25th (local time in the U.S.).
Park Ji-young, special investigator, stated during a media briefing that "the search of the Osan central air defense command post on July 21 was of materials managed by the Korean military using Korean reconnaissance asset data."
Special Investigator Park noted that "the search was conducted with the approval of the air defense commander's authority at the Osan central air defense command post" and added that "the materials collected in the search were managed only by the Korean military through Korean reconnaissance assets and had no relation to the U.S. military."
Earlier, the special investigation team on rebellion was reported to have seized materials from the Korean Air Force's central air defense command post (MCRC) located within the U.S. military base in Osan, Pyeongtaek, on July 21.
However, President Trump told reporters before his meeting with President Lee that "they even say they entered our military base and extracted information." He went on to say, "I don't know if it's true or not. I will check it out" and added, "if it is true, we will not tolerate it."
In response, President Lee remarked during the meeting that "the special investigation team's search did not directly investigate the U.S. military but verified how the Korean military control system within the unit operated," and stated that "I will explain this part in detail later."
Then, President Trump said, "I heard from sources that we need to discuss this further later. From what I hear, it didn't seem like something that would happen in Korea," and commented about the situation involving the Korean special investigation team that he was "misled."