Summary
Trump defended National Security Adviser Mike Waltz after journalist Jeffrey Goldberg was accidentally added to a Signal chat discussing Yemen military plans.
Trump dismissed the incident as a minor mistake, saying Waltz had “learned a lesson.”
Democrats criticized the security breach, demanding an investigation into the use of unapproved messaging apps for classified information.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and White House officials denied sharing classified material, calling the chat a “policy coordination” effort.
Nevermind including a reporter in the group chat. Can we talk about why these people are using a commercial service to hold classified discussions in the first place? Like, isn’t bombing another country SCIF-type stuff? Isn’t that stuff subject to the Federal Records Act?
It’s so they don’t have to follow official records keeping policies.
More likely it’s so they can use their personal phone to show the conversation to their Russian bosses without needing to bypass security measures.