The White House confirmed that several Trump administration officials mistakenly included a journalist in a Signal group chat discussing military strategies. The chat involved key officials, including Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. The journalist, Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic, received information about planned airstrikes on Houthi rebels in Yemen hours before they occurred but doubted the chat's legitimacy until it was verified by subsequent news reports. Following the incident, outrage from Democrats escalated, with calls for Congressional hearings regarding the matter.
"I had very strong doubts that this text group was real, because I could not believe that national-security leadership would communicate on Signal about imminent war plans."
"Having come to this realization, one that seemed nearly impossible only hours before, I removed myself from the Signal group."
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