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Members of President Donald Trump’s National Security Council, including White House national security adviser Michael Waltz, have conducted government business over personal Gmail accounts, according...
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Members of Trump's administration, including Waltz and Hegseth, in the past have leveled harsh criticism at former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton for her use of a private email ser...
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There are plenty of lingering questions about the "Signalgate" fiasco. Donald Trump and his team are apparently no longer interested in getting answers.
When Donald Trump selected Mike Waltz to serve as national security adviser, the choice was widely seen as win-win: A combat veteran with four Bronze Stars would bring his judgment to the White House and his deep-red Florida House district was safe in Republican hands.
The White House considers the Signal chat leak case "closed," press secretary Karoline Leavitt told the media Monday.
"There have been steps made to ensure that something like that can obviously never happen again," Karoline Leavitt said.
The Trump administration sought to put the scandal over its use of the Signal messaging app behind it on Monday, calling it case closed, even as the breach provoked bipartisan criticism and opened up divisions inside the White House.
Several White House National Security Council officials were fired on Thursday in the first major purge of Trump's second term, Reuters reported.
The White House on Monday said it was “moving forward” from the fallout surrounding the leak of sensitive military plans to a journalist in a Signal group chat among top administration officials—even as some Republicans push for an independent investigation.
The White House has fired multiple administration officials, including at least three National Security Council staffers, three sources familiar with the move told CNN.