National Security Advisor Michael Waltz takes “full responsibility” for the leak Signal group chat Among senior Trump officials, plans for an upcoming strike in Hotis, Yemen were discussed.
“I take full responsibility. I set up a group,” Walz said “Ingrahan Corner” Tuesday. “It’s embarrassing. We’re going to be in trouble.”
Trump reveals who is behind the leak of signal text chain
Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of the Atlantic First person account Received a connection request from Trump’s national security adviser Michael Waltz on March 11 On the signal, A popular encrypted messaging service used by journalists and government officials. He accepted it, and was added to a chat group called “Houthi PC Group,” where he continued to see a series of Trump officials discussing the upcoming attack on Hotis, a critically illicit national security attack that critics call.
Several Trump officials reportedly were in the chat, including Waltz, Vice President Judd Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete Hagers, CIA Director John Ratcliffe and White House Chief of Staff Suzy Wells.
The president was asked about his story at the White House on Monday, but no one seemed to have taken the footage in the Atlantic when asked about his involvement.
“I know nothing about it. I’m not a big fan of the Atlantic,” he told reporters. “To me, this is a magazine that went bankrupt. I don’t think it’s a magazine, but I don’t know anything about it.”
Trump defended Waltz in a comment to Fox News on Tuesday, saying national security advisers would not be fired from the incident.
“He was not fired,” Trump told Fox News. The president said the incident was a “mistake”, although there was no “significance” in the signal text thread.
Trump says Waltz doesn’t need to apologize for leaks in signal text chains: “Do your best”
The president also said a staff member in the Waltz office accidentally included Atlantic Ocean in signal group chat In an interview with NBC on Tuesday. Trump added that Goldberg was included in group chats “has no effect at all” Strike in Yemen.
“Michael Waltz learned a lesson, he’s a good guy,” Trump Tell NBC In a phone interview Tuesday.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt added in a social media post Tuesday that “the “war plan” was not discussed in the group chat and “no confidential material sent to the thread”.
She added: “As the National Security Council said, the White House is studying how Goldberg’s number is inadvertently added to the thread. Thanks to President Trump’s strong and decisive leadership, everyone in the group, the Hotty strike was successful and effective. Terrorists were killed, which is most important to President Trump.”
Some Democrats call for waltz Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth resigned Tuesday after a clear national security breach.
“We made a mistake. We are moving forward and we will continue to knock down the park for this president,” Walz said.
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Greg Norman, Emma Colton and David Rutz of Fox News Digital contributed to the report.
